Multiplex enCas12a screens show functional buffering by paralogs is systematically absent from genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 knockout screens
Merve Dede, Megan E. McLaughlin, Eiru Kim, Traver Hart
The paper shows that paralog buffering limits detection of synthetic lethal interactions in CRISPR screens, revealing many under-detected genetic dependencies.
Genome biology · Oct 15, 2020Peer-reviewedSystems Biology