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

Role of swi7H4 mutant allele of DNA polymerase α in the DNA damage checkpoint response.

Khan S, Ahmed S

Besides being a mediator of initiation of DNA replication, DNA polymerase α plays a key role in chromosome maintenance. Swi7H4, a novel temperature sensitive mutant of DNA polymerase α was shown to be defective in transcriptional silencing at the mating type centromere and telomere loci. It is also required for the establishment of chromatin state that can recruit the components ... [more]

PLoS ONE Mar. 31, 2015; 10(3);e0124063 [Pubmed: 25822347]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: viability (APO:0000111)

Curated By

  • BioGRID