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ToolsYasir, Muhammad, Turner, A. Keith, Bastkowski, Sarah, Baker, David, Page, Andrew J., Telatin, Andrea, Phan, Minh-Duy, Monahan, Leigh, Savva, George M., Darling, Aaron, Webber, Mark A. and Charles, Ian G. (2020) TraDIS-Xpress: a high-resolution whole-genome assay identifies novel mechanisms of triclosan action and resistance. Genome Research, 30 (2). pp. 239-249. ISSN 1088-9051
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Abstract
Understanding the genetic basis for a phenotype is a central goal in biological research. Much has been learnt about bacterial genomes by creating large mutant libraries and looking for conditionally important genes. However, current genome-wide methods are largely unable to assay essential genes which are not amenable to disruption. To overcome this limitation, we developed a new version of “TraDIS” (transposon directed insertion-site sequencing) that we term “TraDIS-Xpress” that combines an inducible promoter into the transposon cassette. This allows controlled overexpression and repression of all genes owing to saturation of inserts adjacent to all open reading frames as well as conventional inactivation. We applied TraDIS-Xpress to identify responses to the biocide triclosan across a range of concentrations. Triclosan is endemic in modern life, but there is uncertainty about its mode of action with a concentration-dependent switch from bacteriostatic to bactericidal action unexplained. Our results show a concentration-dependent response to triclosan with different genes important in survival between static and cidal exposures. These genes include those previously reported to have a role in triclosan resistance as well as a new set of genes, including essential genes. Novel genes identified as being sensitive to triclosan exposure include those involved in barrier function, small molecule uptake, and integrity of transcription and translation. We anticipate the approach we show here, by allowing comparisons across multiple experimental conditions of TraDIS data, and including essential genes, will be a starting point for future work examining how different drug conditions impact bacterial survival mechanisms.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bacteria,discovery,escherichia-coli,package |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2020 07:58 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2024 01:23 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/74265 |
| DOI: | 10.1101/gr.254391.119 |
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