Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

A CRISPR platform for targeted in vivo screens identifies Toxoplasma gondii virulence factors in mice

  • Joanna Young,
  • Caia Dominicus,
  • Jeanette Wagener,
  • Simon Butterworth,
  • Xingda Ye,
  • Gavin Kelly,
  • Merav Ordan,
  • Becky Saunders,
  • Rachael Instrell,
  • Michael Howell,
  • Aengus Stewart,
  • Moritz Treeck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11855-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Targeted CRISPR libraries expand the use of genetic screens across experimental conditions. Here, the authors develop a method for generating and analysing small scale custom CRISPR libraries and use it in the human and livestock pathogen Toxoplasma gondii to identify virulence factors in mice.