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ArticleThe CRISPR journal2022

Microfluidic Enrichment and Computational Analysis of Rare Sequences from Mixed Genomic Samples for Metagenomic Mining.

Naiwen Cui, Guihem Faure, Ankita Singh, Rhiannon Macrae, Feng Zhang

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Article in The CRISPR journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Naiwen CuiHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Guihem FaureHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Ankita SinghHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Rhiannon MacraeHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Feng ZhangHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Funding

Programmable RNA-targeting toolsR01HG009761 · NHGRI · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI ZHANG, FENG · 2017 to 2024
$7.5M
Exploration of Diverse Mobile Genetic Elements for Precision Genome ManipulationDP1HL141201 · NHLBI · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI ZHANG, FENG · 2017 to 2021
$6.2M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG009761NHLBI NIH HHS DP1 HL141201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many powerful molecular biology tools have their origins in natural systems, including restriction modification enzymes and the CRISPR effectors, Cas9, Cas12, and Cas13. Heightened interest in these systems has led to mining of genomic and metagenomic data to identify new orthologs of these proteins, new types of CRISPR systems, and uncharacterized natural systems with novel mechanisms. To accelerate metagenomic mining, we developed a high-throughput, low-cost droplet microfluidic-based method for enrichment of rare sequences in a mixed starting population. Using a computational pipeline, we then searched in the enriched data for the presence of CRISPR-Cas systems, identifying a previously unknown CRISPR-Cas system. Our approach enables researchers to efficiently mine metagenomic samples for sequences of interest, greatly accelerating the search for nature's treasures.

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingGenomicsMetagenomeMicrofluidics

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PMID36206017
PMCPMC9595627

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