CRISPR/Cas9 Methodology for the Generation of Knockout Deletions in Caenorhabditis elegans

V Au, E Li-Leger, G Raymant, S Flibotte… - G3: Genes …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The Caenorhabditis elegans Gene Knockout Consortium is tasked with obtaining null mutations
in each of the more than 20,000 open reading frames (ORFs) of this organism. To date, …

Metarhizium brunneum–An enzootic wireworm disease and evidence for its suppression by bacterial symbionts

T Kabaluk, E Li-Leger, S Nam - Journal of invertebrate pathology, 2017 - Elsevier
Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are serious agricultural pests, with soil-dwelling larvae
attacking subterranean tissues of crop plants and their fruit when in contact with the soil …

Identification of essential genes in Caenorhabditis elegans through whole-genome sequencing of legacy mutant collections

E Li-Leger, R Feichtinger, S Flibotte, H Holzkamp… - G3, 2021 - academic.oup.com
It has been estimated that 15%–30% of the ∼20,000 genes in C. elegans are essential, yet
many of these genes remain to be identified or characterized. With the goal of identifying …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerating gene discovery by phenotyping whole-genome sequenced multi-mutation strains and using the sequence kernel association test (SKAT)

…, M Edgley, Q Muncaster, V Au, E Li-Leger… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
… Here we demonstrate that rare-variant association analysis (e.g., SKAT) is an efficient
way to rapidly uncover novel genes for a phenotype of interest (e.g., ciliated sensory neuron …

A Strategy To Isolate Modifiers of Caenorhabditis elegans Lethal Mutations: Investigating the Endoderm Specifying Ability of the Intestinal Differentiation GATA Factor …

…, F Snider, D Moerman, V Au, E Li-Leger… - G3: Genes …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The ELT-2 GATA factor normally functions in differentiation of the C. elegans endoderm,
downstream of endoderm specification. We have previously shown that, if ELT-2 is expressed …

Optimizing guide RNA selection and CRISPR/Cas9 methodology for efficient generation of deletions in C. elegans

V Au, E Li-Leger, G Raymant, S Flibotte, G Chen… - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
The Caenorhabditis elegans Gene Knockout (KO) Consortium is tasked with obtaining null
mutations in each of the more than 20,000 open reading frames (ORFs) of this organism. To …

Identification of essential genes in C. elegans through whole genome sequencing of legacy mutant collections

E Li-Leger - 2020 - open.library.ubc.ca
It has been estimated that 15-30% of the~ 20,000 genes in C. elegans are essential, yet
many of these genes remain to be identified or characterized. With the goal of identifying …

Effect of Copper Sulfate on the Change in Speed of Caenorhabditis elegans

T Chen, E Leonard, E Li-Leger, Y Tomura - The Expedition, 2012 - ojs.library.ubc.ca
Abstract Changes in the behaviour of the free--‐living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans are
believed to be an effective indicator of toxic exposures. Copper is a known neurotoxin of C. …

[CITATION][C] CRISPR/Cas9 methodology for the generation of knockout deletions in Caenorhabditis elegans. G3 (Bethesda) 9: 135–144

V Au, E Li-Leger, G Raymant, S Flibotte, G Chen… - 2019

[CITATION][C] Optimizing guide RNA selection and CRISPR/Cas9 methodology for efficient generation of deletions in C. elegans. bioRxiv 359588

V Au, E Li-Leger, G Raymant, S Flibotte, G Chen - 2018