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. 2021 Jul 15;19(1):43–58. doi: 10.1038/s41569-021-00589-2
Screening Technology Description Advantages and disadvantages Ref.
Proteomics Procode

Barcoding system that leverages the use of protein tags to enable the multiplexing of >100 unique samples

Can be applied to CRISPR screens with the use of high-dimensional methods, such as CyTOF, to characterize knockout constructs en masse

Can also be used to evaluate overexpression cDNA constructs 144
Transcriptomics Perturb-seq Pooled single guide RNA libraries are transduced in cells of choice and used in conjunction with scRNA-seq

Combines scRNA-seq and CRISPR-based perturbations to perform many assays in a pool

Limited by reliance on indirect indexing of single guide RNAs

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Direct capture Perturb-seq Expression from single guide RNAs is sequenced alongside transcriptomic measurements Targets individual genes with multiple single guide RNAs per cell; allows scRNA-seq experiments 159
Mosaic single-cell analysis by indexed CRISPR sequencing (Mosaic-seq) Uses a CRISPR barcoding system in combination with the measurement of single cell gene expression to readout both the phenotypic perturbations and the barcode of the specific single guide RNA High-throughput endogenous interrogation of enhancers evaluated in single cells 160
CRISPR droplet sequencing (CROP-seq) A guide RNA serves as the barcode

Enables pooled CRISPR screens with single-cell transcriptome resolution

Overcomes the problem of lentiviral template switching by using CROP-seq lentiviral constructs

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Chromatin status Perturb-ATAC Combines CRISPR screening with scATAC-seq to measure the effect of CRISPR perturbations on chromatin status in single cells NR 162

CROP-seq, CRISPR droplet sequencing; CyTOF, cytometry by time of flight; NR, not reported; scATAC-seq, single-cell assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing; scRNA-seq, single-cell RNA sequencing.