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Identification and characterization of essential genes in the human genome

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Zeroing in on essential human genes: More powerful genetic techniques are helping to define the list of genes required for the life of a human cell. Two papers used the CRISPR genome editing system and a gene trap method in haploid human cells to screen for essential genes (see the Perspective by Boone and Andrews). Wang et al. 's analysis of multiple cell lines indicates that it may be possible to find tumor-specific dependencies on particular genes. Blomen et al. investigate the phenomenon in which nonessential genes are required for fitness in the absence of another gene. Hence, complexity rather than robustness is the human strategy. Science , this issue p. 1096 and p. 1092 ; see also p. 1028

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Authors
Wang, T., Birsoy, K., Hughes, N. W., Krupczak, K. M., Post, Y., Wei, J. J., Lander, E. S., & Sabatini, D. M.
Affiliations
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (US)
Corresponding author
  • Lander, Eric S.
  • Sabatini, David M.
Venue
Science
Published
2015-11-27
Volume
350
Issue
6264
Pages
1096-1101
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W1934704664
Cited by
1,617
References
51
Citations by year
2026: 60 · 2025: 103 · 2024: 116 · 2023: 147 · 2022: 146 · 2021: 199 · 2020: 182 · 2019: 171 · 2018: 182 · 2017: 193 · 2016: 104 · 2015: 10
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70.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health (CA103866)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (2U54HG003067-10)
  • Massachussetts Institute of Technology Whitaker Health Sciences Fund
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Keywords
essential genes, gene essentiality, CRISPR screen, single guide RNA library, cancer cell lines, RNA processing genes, nucleolus, cell proliferation and survival, cancer cell vulnerability, oncogenic drivers
MeSH terms
RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Cell Nucleolus, Genetic Testing, Humans, Neoplasms, RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, Genomic Library, Genome, Human, Genes, Essential, Gene Expression Profiling, Cell Line, Tumor, Gene Knockout Techniques, CRISPR-Cas Systems

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