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ArticleCurrent protocols in microbiology2019

High-Throughput Gene Replacement in Aspergillus fumigatus.

Can Zhao, Marcin G Fraczek, Lauren Dineen, Ressa Lebedinec, Juliane Macheleidt, Thorsten Heinekamp, Daniela Delneri, Paul Bowyer, Axel A Brakhage, Michael Bromley

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Article in Current protocols in microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Can ZhaoManchester Fungal Infection Group, Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Marcin G FraczekDivision of Evolution & Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Lauren DineenManchester Fungal Infection Group, Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Ressa LebedinecManchester Fungal Infection Group, Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Juliane MacheleidtDepartment of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany.
Thorsten HeinekampDepartment of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany.
Daniela DelneriDivision of Evolution & Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Paul BowyerManchester Fungal Infection Group, Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Axel A BrakhageDepartment of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany.
Michael BromleyManchester Fungal Infection Group, Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
University of Manchester · GBLeibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) · DEManchester Academic Health Science Centre · GB

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust UNS43895
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aspergillus fumigatus is a human pathogen and the principal etiologic agent of invasive and chronic aspergillosis leading to several hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. Very few antifungals are available to treat infections caused by A. fumigatus, and resistance is developing to those we have. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that drive pathogenicity and drug resistance have been hampered by the lack of large mutant collections, which limits our ability to perform functional genomics analysis. Here we present a high-throughput gene knockout method that combines a highly reproducible fusion PCR method to enable generation of gene replacement cassettes with a multiwell format transformation procedure. This process can be used to generate 96 null mutants within 5 days by a single person at a cost of less than £18 ($24) per mutant and is being employed in our laboratory to generate a barcoded genome-wide knockout library in A. fumigatus. © 2019 The Authors.

Indexed as

Aspergillus fumigatusDNA PrimersGene Knockout TechniquesPolymerase Chain ReactionTransformation, GeneticDNA PrimersAspergillus fumigatusfusion PCRgenome-wide knockout libraryhigh-throughput gene editing

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PMID31518064
PMCPMC9286431
OpenAlexW2961923073

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