Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Rapid construction of a whole-genome transposon insertion collection for Shewanella oneidensis by Knockout Sudoku

  • Michael Baym,
  • Lev Shaket,
  • Isao A. Anzai,
  • Oluwakemi Adesina,
  • Buz Barstow

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13270
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Knockout collections provide a valuable tool to explore gene function, yet are expensive and technically challenging to produce at a genome-wide scale. Here Baym et al. devise a cost-effective transposon-based method to quickly develop a knockout collection for the electroactive microbe Shewanella oneidensis.