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Genome-wide screens in Drosophila cells have offered numerous insights into gene function, yet a major limitation has been the inability to stably deliver large multiplexed DNA libraries to cultured cells allowing barcoded pooled screens. Here, we developed a site-specific integration strategy for library delivery and performed a genome-wide CRISPR knockout screen in Drosophila S2R+ cells. Under basal growth conditions, 1235 genes were essential for cell fitness at a false-discovery rate of 5%, representing the highest-resolution fitness gene set yet assembled for Drosophila, including 407 genes which likely duplicated along the vertebrate lineage and whose orthologs were underrepresented in human CRISPR screens. We additionally performed context-specific fitness screens for resistance to or synergy with trametinib, a Ras/ERK/ETS inhibitor, or rapamycin, an mTOR inhibitor, and identified key regulators of each pathway. The results present a novel, scalable, and versatile platform for functional genomic screens in invertebrate cells.
Pubmed ID: 30051818
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Database that provides free online tools to users to allow the retrieval of information related to the Drosophila genome and allows access to genome-wide and related cell-based screening of Drosophila at Harvard Medical School (for a fee) . Tools available include SnapDragon, and RNAi designer, a heat map tool for viewing screen data, and gene and amplicon search and download tools. The DRSC mainly exists to provide Drosophila genome screening services, including help with assay development and optimization, data and image analysis, and planning of follow-up assays.
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