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Published on: May 23, 2016
Studying Virus-Host Interactions with CRISPR Technology
1Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. rong_zhang@fudan.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The mosquito-borne West Nile virus (WNV) poses a great threat to public health as no vaccine or specific antiviral treatment is available. Exploring virus-host interactions, specifically host factors that are required for virus infection, is important for better understanding the biology, pathogenesis, and transmission of WNV. Such essential host factors may also represent antiviral targets. The development of CRISPR technology has provided a powerful and convenient tool to perturbate host gene expression, allowing for unbiased, genome-wide screens of host factors for virus infection. Here we describe the necessary steps for performing a CRISPR knockout screen, which can also be applied to other viruses, to identify host factors critical for WNV infection.
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