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dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisorWosten, Han
dc.contributor.authorTedjai, Vyanjan
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-11T00:00:54Z
dc.date.available2024-01-11T00:00:54Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/45800
dc.description.abstractFungi are extremely important organisms that are widely used around the world for a variety of purposes. Understanding and manipulating the genetic landscape of fungi is a useful way to improve their efficacy. Recently, a CRISPR-Cas9 based method CRISPRoff/CRISPRon has been discovered. This method makes use of a dead Cas9 protein, induces gene silencing with CRISPRoff by methylating target DNA and demethylates DNA with CRISPRon. This study uses enzyme assays and phenotyping to show that by using CRISPRoff in combination with a gRNA library, you can study gene function in Aspergillus niger.
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.language.isoEN
dc.subjectFungi are organisms that are used in a lot of ways in our current society. They are used to make bread, beer, antibiotics and you can even make things as fuel and materials from them. Genetic manipulation of fungi is an extremely useful tool to increase production and find new uses for fungi. This is especially useful in fields such as food production and fields in which fungi are being used to find alternatives for more polluting counterparts, such as leather and fossil fuels. This study uses s
dc.titleA CRISPRoff mutant screen using cellulases, xylanases and amylases A study using CRISPRoff to set up a quick and easy method to determine gene function
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.courseuuEnvironmental Biology
dc.thesis.id26955


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