A genome-scale CRISPR interference guide library enables comprehensive phenotypic profiling in yeast

NJ McGlincy, ZA Meacham, KK Reynaud, R Muller… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background CRISPR/Cas9-mediated transcriptional interference (CRISPRi) enables
programmable gene knock-down, yielding loss-of-function phenotypes for nearly any gene …

An inducible CRISPR interference library for genetic interrogation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae biology

A Momen-Roknabadi, P Oikonomou, M Zegans… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Genome-scale CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) is widely utilized to study cellular processes
in a variety of organisms. Despite the dominance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model …

Optimized libraries for CRISPR-Cas9 genetic screens with multiple modalities

KR Sanson, RE Hanna, M Hegde, KF Donovan… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The creation of genome-wide libraries for CRISPR knockout (CRISPRko), interference
(CRISPRi), and activation (CRISPRa) has enabled the systematic interrogation of gene …

State-of-the-art CRISPR for in vivo and cell-based studies in Drosophila

J Zirin, J Bosch, R Viswanatha, SE Mohr, N Perrimon - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
For more than 100 years, the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has served as a powerful
model organism for biological and biomedical research due to its many genetic and …

Analyzing CRISPR screens in non-conventional microbes

V Trivedi, A Ramesh, I Wheeldon - Journal of Industrial …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The multifaceted nature of CRISPR screens has propelled advancements in the field of
functional genomics. Pooled CRISPR screens involve creating programmed genetic …

Expanding the CRISPR/Cas9 Toolbox for Gene Engineering in S. cerevisiae

O Levi, Y Arava - Current microbiology, 2020 - Springer
The yeast S. cerevisiae serves as a model organism for many decades. Numerous
molecular tools have been developed throughout the years to engineer its genome …

Pooled CRISPR-based genetic screens in mammalian cells

K Chan, AHY Tong, KR Brown, P Mero… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2019 - jove.com
Genome editing using the CRISPR-Cas system has vastly advanced the ability to precisely
edit the genomes of various organisms. In the context of mammalian cells, this technology …

Tips, Tricks, and Potential Pitfalls of CRISPR Genome Editing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

JS Antony, JM Hinz, JJ Wyrick - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The versatility of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-
associated (Cas) genome editing makes it a popular tool for many research and …

A CRISPR activation and interference toolkit for industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain KE6-12

E Cámara, I Lenitz, Y Nygård - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas9 based genome editing have considerably advanced
genetic engineering of industrial yeast strains. In this study, we report the construction and …

Enhanced scale and scope of genome engineering and regulation using CRISPR/Cas in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

M Deaner, HS Alper - FEMS Yeast Research, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Although only 6 years old, the CRISPR system has blossomed into a tool for rapid, on-
demand genome engineering and gene regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this …