Synthetic Lethality

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutations or deletions in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, result in lethality when combined in the same cell under a given condition.

Publication

A genome-wide RNAi screen identifies multiple synthetic lethal interactions with the Ras oncogene.

Luo J, Emanuele MJ, Li D, Creighton CJ, Schlabach MR, Westbrook TF, Wong KK, Elledge SJ

Oncogenic mutations in the small GTPase Ras are highly prevalent in cancer, but an understanding of the vulnerabilities of these cancers is lacking. We undertook a genome-wide RNAi screen to identify synthetic lethal interactions with the KRAS oncogene. We discovered a diverse set of proteins whose depletion selectively impaired the viability of Ras mutant cells. Among these we observed a ... [more]

Cell May. 29, 2009; 137(5);835-48 [Pubmed: 19490893]

Throughput

  • High Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: growth abnormality (HP:0001507)

Additional Notes

  • RNAi screen

Related interactions

InteractionExperimental Evidence CodeDatasetThroughputScoreCurated ByNotes
KRAS EFNB2
Proximity Label-MS
Proximity Label-MS

An interaction is inferred when a bait-enzyme fusion protein selectively modifies a vicinal protein with a diffusible reactive product, followed by affinity capture of the modified protein and identification by mass spectrometric methods.

High10.3472BioGRID
2604523
KRAS EFNB2
Proximity Label-MS
Proximity Label-MS

An interaction is inferred when a bait-enzyme fusion protein selectively modifies a vicinal protein with a diffusible reactive product, followed by affinity capture of the modified protein and identification by mass spectrometric methods.

High250BioGRID
2991363

Curated By

  • BioGRID