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SUBMITTER: Despres PC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170841 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Després Philippe C PC Dubé Alexandre K AK Seki Motoaki M Yachie Nozomu N Landry Christian R CR
Nature communications 20200420 1
Base editors derived from CRISPR-Cas9 systems and DNA editing enzymes offer an unprecedented opportunity for the precise modification of genes, but have yet to be used at a genome-scale throughput. Here, we test the ability of the Target-AID base editor to systematically modify genes genome-wide by targeting yeast essential genes. We mutate around 17,000 individual sites in parallel across more than 1500 genes. We identify over 700 sites at which mutations have a significant impact on fitness. U ...[more]