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

Isolation and characterization of new fission yeast cytokinesis mutants.

Balasubramanian MK, McCollum D, Chang L, Wong KC, Naqvi NI, He X, Sazer S, Gould KL

Schizosaccharomyces pombe is an excellent organism in which to study cytokinesis as it divides by medial fission using an F-actin contractile ring. To enhance our understanding of the cell division process, a large genetic screen was carried out in which 17 genetic loci essential for cytokinesis were identified, 5 of which are novel. Mutants identifying three genes, rng3(+), rng4(+), and ... [more]

Genetics Jul. 01, 1998; 149(3);1265-75 [Pubmed: 9649519]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: inviable (APO:0000112)

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InteractionExperimental Evidence CodeDatasetThroughputScoreCurated ByNotes
SID2 CDC7
Dosage Rescue
Dosage Rescue

A genetic interaction is inferred when over expression or increased dosage of one gene rescues the lethality or growth defect of a strain that is mutated or deleted for another gene.

Low-BioGRID
672248
SID2 CDC7
Synthetic Lethality
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.

Low-BioGRID
796917

Curated By

  • BioGRID