A genetic assay for gene essentiality in Clostridium

Essential genes of pathogens are potential therapeutic targets, but are difficult to verify. Here, gene essentiality was determined by targeted knockout following engineered gene duplication. Null mutants of candidate essential genes of Clostridium difficile were viable only in the presence of a sta...

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Main Authors: Walker, David J.F., Heap, John T., Winzer, Klaus, Minton, Nigel P.
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Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35788/
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author Walker, David J.F.
Heap, John T.
Winzer, Klaus
Minton, Nigel P.
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description Essential genes of pathogens are potential therapeutic targets, but are difficult to verify. Here, gene essentiality was determined by targeted knockout following engineered gene duplication. Null mutants of candidate essential genes of Clostridium difficile were viable only in the presence of a stable second copy of the gene.
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spelling nottingham-357882020-05-04T18:23:52Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35788/ A genetic assay for gene essentiality in Clostridium Walker, David J.F. Heap, John T. Winzer, Klaus Minton, Nigel P. Essential genes of pathogens are potential therapeutic targets, but are difficult to verify. Here, gene essentiality was determined by targeted knockout following engineered gene duplication. Null mutants of candidate essential genes of Clostridium difficile were viable only in the presence of a stable second copy of the gene. Elsevier 2016-12-31 Article PeerReviewed Walker, David J.F., Heap, John T., Winzer, Klaus and Minton, Nigel P. (2016) A genetic assay for gene essentiality in Clostridium. Anaerobe, 42 . pp. 40-43. ISSN 1095-8274 Clostridium difficile; ClosTron; merodiploid; gene essentiality; therapeutic target http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1075996416300919 doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.07.007 doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.07.007
spellingShingle Clostridium difficile; ClosTron; merodiploid; gene essentiality; therapeutic target
Walker, David J.F.
Heap, John T.
Winzer, Klaus
Minton, Nigel P.
A genetic assay for gene essentiality in Clostridium
title A genetic assay for gene essentiality in Clostridium
title_full A genetic assay for gene essentiality in Clostridium
title_fullStr A genetic assay for gene essentiality in Clostridium
title_full_unstemmed A genetic assay for gene essentiality in Clostridium
title_short A genetic assay for gene essentiality in Clostridium
title_sort genetic assay for gene essentiality in clostridium
topic Clostridium difficile; ClosTron; merodiploid; gene essentiality; therapeutic target
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35788/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35788/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35788/