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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

CRISPRi-Mediated Gene Suppression Reveals Putative Reverse Transcriptase Gene PA0715 to Be a Global Regulator of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Dapeng Zhou1 Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of China;2 The Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9692-7577View further author information
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Guangtao Huang1 Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of China;2 The Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of China;3 Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Department of Wound Repair, Shenzhen Institute of Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China;4 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Guangchao Xu1 Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of China;2 The Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Lijuan Xiang5 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shenzhen Institute of Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Siyi Huang1 Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of China;2 The Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1862-4087View further author information
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Xinchong Chen1 Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of China;2 The Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yixin Zhang4 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dali Wang1 Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of China;2 The Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 7577-7599 | Received 16 Aug 2022, Accepted 09 Nov 2022, Published online: 22 Dec 2022

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