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 polo kinase and Mid1p in determining the site of cell division in fission yeast.

Baehler J, Steever AB, Wheatley S, Wang Y, Pringle JR, Gould KL, McCollum D

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe divides symmetrically using a medial F-actin- based contractile ring to produce equal-sized daughter cells. Mutants defective in two previously described genes, mid1 and pom1, frequently divide asymmetrically. Here we present the identification of three new temperature-sensitive mutants defective in localization of the division plane. All three mutants have mutations in the polo kinase gene, plo1, ... [more]

J. Cell Biol. Dec. 14, 1998; 143(6);1603-16 [Pubmed: 9852154]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: inviable (APO:0000112)
  • phenotype: heat sensitivity (APO:0000147)

Curated By

  • BioGRID