Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies host dependency factors for influenza A virus infection

Here, Li et al. perform a genome-wide CRISPR screen to identify host dependency factors for influenza A virus infection and show that the host mRNA cap methyltransferase CMTR1 is important for viral cap snatching and that it affects expression of antiviral genes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bo Li, Sara M. Clohisey, Bing Shao Chia, Bo Wang, Ang Cui, Thomas Eisenhaure, Lawrence D. Schweitzer, Paul Hoover, Nicholas J. Parkinson, Aharon Nachshon, Nikki Smith, Tim Regan, David Farr, Michael U. Gutmann, Syed Irfan Bukhari, Andrew Law, Maya Sangesland, Irit Gat-Viks, Paul Digard, Shobha Vasudevan, Daniel Lingwood, David H. Dockrell, John G. Doench, J. Kenneth Baillie, Nir Hacohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13965-x