Building a multipurpose insertional mutant library for forward and reverse genetics in Chlamydomonas | |
Cheng, Xi1; Liu, Gai1; Ke, Wenting1; Zhao, Lijuan1,2; Lv, Bo1,2; Ma, Xiaocui1,2; Xu, Nannan1,2; Xia, Xiaoling1; Deng, Xuan1; Zheng, Chunlei3; Huang, Kaiyao1 | |
2017-05-15 | |
Source Publication | PLANT METHODS
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ISSN | 1746-4811 |
Volume | 13Issue:1Pages:16 |
Abstract | Background: The unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, is a classic model for studying flagella and biofuel. However, precise gene editing, such as Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated protein (Cas9) system, is not widely used in this organism. Screening of random insertional mutant libraries by polymerase chain reaction provides an alternate strategy to obtain null mutants of individual gene. But building, screening, and maintaining such a library was time-consuming and expensive. Results: By selecting a suitable parental strain, keeping individual mutants using the agar plate, and designing an insertion cassette-specific primer for library screening, we successfully generated and maintained similar to 150,000 insertional mutants of Chlamydomonas, which was used for both reverse and forward genetics analysis. We obtained 26 individual mutants corresponding to 20 genes and identified 967 motility-defect mutants including 10 mutants with defective accumulation of intraflagellar transport complex at the basal body. We also obtained 929 mutants defective in oil droplet assembly after nitrogen deprivation. Furthermore, a new insertion cassette with splicing donor sequences at both ends was also constructed, which increased the efficiency of gene interruption. Conclusion: In summary, this library provides a multifunctional platform both for obtaining mutants of interested genes and for screening of mutants with specific phenotype. |
Keyword | Chlamydomonas Insertional mutants Mutant library Flagella Intraflagellar transport Oil droplet |
DOI | 10.1186/s13007-017-0183-5 |
Funding Organization | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
Funding Project | National Natural Science Foundation of China[31371354] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31400654] |
WOS Research Area | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Plant Sciences |
WOS Subject | Biochemical Research Methods ; Plant Sciences |
WOS ID | WOS:000401181400001 |
WOS Keyword | NUCLEAR TRANSFORMATION ; SELECTABLE MARKER ; GREEN-ALGA ; REINHARDTII ; EXPRESSION ; MODEL ; RESISTANCE ; PROTEINS ; DNA ; COMPLEMENTATION |
Publisher | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD |
Funding Organization | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/342005/32535 |
Collection | 藻类生物学及应用研究中心_期刊论文 |
Corresponding Author | Huang, Kaiyao |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Key Lab Algal Biol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China 3.Hubei Univ, Coll Life Sci, Wuhan 430062, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Cheng, Xi,Liu, Gai,Ke, Wenting,et al. Building a multipurpose insertional mutant library for forward and reverse genetics in Chlamydomonas[J]. PLANT METHODS,2017,13(1):16. |
APA | Cheng, Xi.,Liu, Gai.,Ke, Wenting.,Zhao, Lijuan.,Lv, Bo.,...&Huang, Kaiyao.(2017).Building a multipurpose insertional mutant library for forward and reverse genetics in Chlamydomonas.PLANT METHODS,13(1),16. |
MLA | Cheng, Xi,et al."Building a multipurpose insertional mutant library for forward and reverse genetics in Chlamydomonas".PLANT METHODS 13.1(2017):16. |
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