Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens
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...gain-of-function screening when combined with a compact pooled sgRNA library. Our SAM-mediated screens exhibited...gene activation in mind. “We had not managed to create a system to allow us to reliably activate essentially...the next step in high-throughput, genome-wide screening,” Konermann said. “If you want to activate all...and make sure it’s working. You can only do that screen with a system you are really confident about working...her colleagues demonstrated the new system by screening for genes that, when turned on, make melanoma ...CRISPR library enabling genome-scale, knockout screening).
As the Zhang lab's Nature paper reports, “Here...validation of the top 10 hits.”
Two-way CRISPR screening
In October, Jonathan Weissman’s lab introduced...