Identification of mutations
from representative single- and co-targeted
strains that escape from the CRISPR-Cas antifungal treatment. (A)
Experimental workflow for sequencing. (B) Genetic mutation frequency
of the targeted chromosomal genes. Different colored stacked bars
represent different mutations presented as mutation ID numbers in Figures 4C and S4. Reads for defensive genes of Vip55 and Vip56
failed QC. (C) Mutated sequences for the representative strains Vip10,
Vip43, and Vip60. PAM sequences are highlighted in blue. Single targeted
strains show low levels of mutation with the exception of the defensive
genes, in particular RAD51. As seen in the sequence alignments provided
for Vip10, Vip43, and Vip60, mutants are dominated by large (>20
bp)
deletions, although mutation frequency is low and heterogeneous. Mutated
sequences for other characterized strains were presented in Figure S4. (D) Locations of mutations in the
gRNA cassettes on extracted gRNA plasmids. (E) Variants by type in
gRNA cassettes.