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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
- PMC
- PMC4662922
- OpenAlex
- W1934704664
- Cited by
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- 70.64
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- 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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