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ReviewEngineering microbiology2023

Genome-scale CRISPRi screening: A powerful tool in engineering microbiology.

Letian Sun, Ping Zheng, Jibin Sun, Volker F Wendisch, Yu Wang

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Review in Engineering microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. CRISPRi-mediated validation of candidatebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  20. Metabolic engineering: Tools and applications.Engineering microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Letian SunKey Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
Ping ZhengKey Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
Jibin SunKey Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
Volker F WendischGenetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Yu WangKey Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deciphering gene function is fundamental to engineering of microbiology. The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) system has been adapted for gene repression across a range of hosts, creating a versatile tool called CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) that enables genome-scale analysis of gene function. This approach has yielded significant advances in the design of genome-scale CRISPRi libraries, as well as in applications of CRISPRi screening in medical and industrial microbiology. This review provides an overview of the recent progress made in pooled and arrayed CRISPRi screening in microorganisms and highlights representative studies that have employed this method. Additionally, the challenges associated with CRISPRi screening are discussed, and potential solutions for optimizing this strategy are proposed.

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Arrayed screeningCRISPR interferenceFunctional genomicsGenome-scale libraryGenotype-phenotype mappingPooled screening

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PMID39628933
PMCPMC11611010

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