Equation 4 · Part 1 · Comparing the Main Approaches to Molecular Biology and Genomics
Symbol mu
What this part means
the expected number of guide integrations per cell under the multiplicity of infection chosen for the transduction (kept low, near 0.
Its job in the formula
mu is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Where the article explains it
where is the expected number of guide integrations per cell under the multiplicity of infection chosen for the transduction (kept low, near 0.3, specifically so that most transduced cells receive at most one guide).
The passage around this formula
where is the expected number of guide integrations per cell under the multiplicity of infection chosen for the transduction (kept low, near 0.3, specifically so that most transduced cells receive at most one guide). Doubling library size to cover more genes, or increasing per-guide coverage to detect weaker effects, both push cell numbers up directly — which is exactly why screen design is a genuine engineering tradeoff between how many genes are tested and how confidently each one is scored, not a free scaling of throughput.
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Sources cited in the article section
- [1] A Programmable Dual-RNA-Guided DNA Endonuclease in Adaptive Bacterial Immunity ↗
- [2] Genome-Scale CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screening in Human Cells ↗
- [3] Optimized sgRNA design to maximize activity and minimize off-target effects of CRISPR-Cas9 ↗
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