Molecular mechanisms and physiological functions of mitophagy

M Onishi, K Yamano, M Sato, N Matsuda… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Degradation of mitochondria via a selective form of autophagy, named mitophagy, is a
fundamental mechanism conserved from yeast to humans that regulates mitochondrial …

A new era in functional genomics screens

L Przybyla, LA Gilbert - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
The past 25 years of genomics research first revealed which genes are encoded by the
human genome and then a detailed catalogue of human genome variation associated with …

Computed structures of core eukaryotic protein complexes

IR Humphreys, J Pei, M Baek, A Krishnakumar… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Protein-protein interactions play critical roles in biology, but the structures
of many eukaryotic protein complexes are unknown, and there are likely many interactions …

APOE4 disrupts intracellular lipid homeostasis in human iPSC-derived glia

G Sienski, P Narayan, JM Bonner, N Kory… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
The E4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) has been established as a genetic risk
factor for many diseases including cardiovascular diseases and Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

A global genetic interaction network maps a wiring diagram of cellular function

M Costanzo, B VanderSluis, EN Koch, A Baryshnikova… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Genetic interactions occur when mutations in two or more genes combine
to generate an unexpected phenotype. An extreme negative or synthetic lethal genetic …

Compact and highly active next-generation libraries for CRISPR-mediated gene repression and activation

MA Horlbeck, LA Gilbert, JE Villalta, B Adamson… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
We recently found that nucleosomes directly block access of CRISPR/Cas9 to DNA. Here,
we build on this observation with a comprehensive algorithm that incorporates chromatin …

Gene essentiality and synthetic lethality in haploid human cells

VA Blomen, P Májek, LT Jae, JW Bigenzahn… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Although the genes essential for life have been identified in less complex model organisms,
their elucidation in human cells has been hindered by technical barriers. We used extensive …

CRISPRi and CRISPRa screens in mammalian cells for precision biology and medicine

M Kampmann - ACS chemical biology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Next-generation DNA sequencing technologies have led to a massive accumulation of
genomic and transcriptomic data from patients and healthy individuals. The major challenge …

Mapping the genetic landscape of human cells

MA Horlbeck, A Xu, M Wang, NK Bennett, CY Park… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Seminal yeast studies have established the value of comprehensively mapping genetic
interactions (GIs) for inferring gene function. Efforts in human cells using focused gene sets …

Identification and characterization of essential genes in the human genome

T Wang, K Birsoy, NW Hughes, KM Krupczak, Y Post… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Large-scale genetic analysis of lethal phenotypes has elucidated the molecular
underpinnings of many biological processes. Using the bacterial clustered regularly …