A Candida albicans CRISPR system permits genetic engineering of essential genes and gene families.
A Candida albicans CRISPR system permits genetic engineering of essential genes and gene families.
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白色念珠菌CRISPR系统允许基因和基因家族的基因工程。
DOI:
10.1126/sciadv.1500248
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发表时间:
2015
期刊:
影响因子:
13.6
通讯作者:
Fink GR
中科院分区:
文献类型:
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作者:
Vyas VK;Barrasa MI;Fink GR
CRISPR simplifies genetic engineering of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. Candida albicans is a pathogenic yeast that causes mucosal and systematic infections with high mortality. The absence of facile molecular genetics has been a major impediment to analysis of pathogenesis. The lack of meiosis coupled with the absence of plasmids makes genetic engineering cumbersome, especially for essential functions and gene families. We describe a C. albicans CRISPR system that overcomes many of the obstacles to genetic engineering in this organism. The high frequency with which CRISPR-induced mutations can be directed to target genes enables easy isolation of homozygous gene knockouts, even without selection. Moreover, the system permits the creation of strains with mutations in multiple genes, gene families, and genes that encode essential functions. This CRISPR system is also effective in a fresh clinical isolate of undetermined ploidy. Our method transforms the ability to manipulate the genome of Candida and provides a new window into the biology of this pathogen.
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影响因子:
3.9
作者:
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通讯作者:
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4.8
作者:
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通讯作者:
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发表时间:
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
Seifert, Harald
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通讯作者:
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