Target identification for small bioactive molecules: finding the needle in the haystack

S Ziegler, V Pries, C Hedberg… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Identification and confirmation of bioactive small‐molecule targets is a crucial, often decisive
step both in academic and pharmaceutical research. Through the development and …

Perspectives on glycosylation and its congenital disorders

BG Ng, HH Freeze - Trends in Genetics, 2018 - cell.com
Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a rapidly expanding group of metabolic
disorders that result from abnormal protein or lipid glycosylation. They are often difficult to …

Thiol-linked alkylation of RNA to assess expression dynamics

VA Herzog, B Reichholf, T Neumann, P Rescheneder… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Gene expression profiling by high-throughput sequencing reveals qualitative and
quantitative changes in RNA species at steady state but obscures the intracellular dynamics …

Genome-wide recessive genetic screening in mammalian cells with a lentiviral CRISPR-guide RNA library

H Koike-Yusa, Y Li, EP Tan… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Identification of genes influencing a phenotype of interest is frequently achieved through
genetic screening by RNA interference (RNAi) or knockouts. However, RNAi may only …

Megabase-scale deletion using CRISPR/Cas9 to generate a fully haploid human cell line

P Essletzbichler, T Konopka, F Santoro… - Genome …, 2014 - genome.cshlp.org
Near-haploid human cell lines are instrumental for genetic screens and genome
engineering as gene inactivation is greatly facilitated by the absence of a second gene copy …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of Spen as a crucial factor for Xist function through forward genetic screening in haploid embryonic stem cells

A Monfort, G Di Minin, A Postlmayr, R Freimann, F Arieti… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
In mammals, the noncoding Xist RNA triggers transcriptional silencing of one of the two X
chromosomes in female cells. Here, we report a genetic screen for silencing factors in X …

Loss-of-function genetic tools for animal models: cross-species and cross-platform differences

BE Housden, M Muhar, M Gemberling… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Our understanding of the genetic mechanisms that underlie biological processes has relied
extensively on loss-of-function (LOF) analyses. LOF methods target DNA, RNA or protein to …

[HTML][HTML] ATM orchestrates the DNA-damage response to counter toxic non-homologous end-joining at broken replication forks

G Balmus, D Pilger, J Coates, M Demir… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Mutations in the ATM tumor suppressor gene confer hypersensitivity to DNA-damaging
chemotherapeutic agents. To explore genetic resistance mechanisms, we performed …

[HTML][HTML] A CRISPR toolbox to study virus–host interactions

AS Puschnik, K Majzoub, YS Ooi… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Viruses depend on their hosts to complete their replication cycles; they exploit cellular
receptors for entry and hijack cellular functions to replicate their genome, assemble progeny …

[HTML][HTML] GPR108 is a highly conserved AAV entry factor

AM Dudek, N Zabaleta, E Zinn, S Pillay, J Zengel… - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a highly promising gene transfer vector, yet major cellular
requirements for AAV entry are poorly understood. Using a genome-wide CRISPR screen …