Using genome-scale models to predict biological capabilities

EJ O'Brien, JM Monk, BO Palsson - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Constraint-based reconstruction and analysis (COBRA) methods at the genome scale have
been under development since the first whole-genome sequences appeared in the mid …

[HTML][HTML] Automating the design-build-test-learn cycle towards next-generation bacterial cell factories

N Gurdo, DC Volke, D McCloskey, PI Nikel - New Biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Automation is playing an increasingly significant role in synthetic biology. Groundbreaking
technologies, developed over the past 20 years, have enormously accelerated the …

Mutant phenotypes for thousands of bacterial genes of unknown function

MN Price, KM Wetmore, RJ Waters, M Callaghan… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
One-third of all protein-coding genes from bacterial genomes cannot be annotated with a
function. Here, to investigate the functions of these genes, we present genome-wide mutant …

iML1515, a knowledgebase that computes Escherichia coli traits

JM Monk, CJ Lloyd, E Brunk, N Mih, A Sastry… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Figure 1 iML1515 genome-scale reconstruction.(a) The iML1515 model contains 1,515
open reading frames that encode enzymes that catalyze 2,719 reactions involving 1,192 …

Construction and analysis of two genome-scale deletion libraries for Bacillus subtilis

BM Koo, G Kritikos, JD Farelli, H Todor, K Tong… - Cell systems, 2017 - cell.com
A systems-level understanding of Gram-positive bacteria is important from both an
environmental and health perspective and is most easily obtained when high-quality …

The Essential Genome of Escherichia coli K-12

ECA Goodall, A Robinson, IG Johnston, S Jabbari… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Transposon-directed insertion site sequencing (TraDIS) is a high-throughput method
coupling transposon mutagenesis with short-fragment DNA sequencing. It is commonly used …

Pooled CRISPR interference screening enables genome-scale functional genomics study in bacteria with superior performance

T Wang, C Guan, J Guo, B Liu, Y Wu, Z Xie… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
To fully exploit the microbial genome resources, a high-throughput experimental platform is
needed to associate genes with phenotypes at the genome level. We present here a novel …

[HTML][HTML] Phenotypic landscape of a bacterial cell

RJ Nichols, S Sen, YJ Choo, P Beltrao, M Zietek… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
The explosion of sequence information in bacteria makes developing high-throughput, cost-
effective approaches to matching genes with phenotypes imperative. Using E. coli as proof …

Genome-wide CRISPR-dCas9 screens in E. coli identify essential genes and phage host factors

F Rousset, L Cui, E Siouve, C Becavin… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
High-throughput genetic screens are powerful methods to identify genes linked to a given
phenotype. The catalytic null mutant of the Cas9 RNA-guided nuclease (dCas9) can be …

A comprehensive genome‐scale reconstruction of Escherichia coli metabolism—2011

JD Orth, TM Conrad, J Na, JA Lerman… - Molecular systems …, 2011 - embopress.org
The initial genome‐scale reconstruction of the metabolic network of Escherichia coli K‐12
MG1655 was assembled in 2000. It has been updated and periodically released since then …