Dissecting multi-gene virulence phenotypes with base editing requires consideration of target-independent mutagenesis
Joshua P. M. Newson, Sandra Gawlitt, Sneha Sundar, Roland R. Regoes, Chase L. Beisel, Wolf‐Dietrich Hardt
The paper develops a base-editing pipeline for multi-gene knockouts in Salmonella Typhimurium, showing reduced virulence but also off-target mutations affecting fitness.
bioRxiv · Feb 12, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology