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

Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ras1 effector, Scd1, interacts with Klp5 and Klp6 kinesins to mediate cytokinesis.

Li Y, Chang EC

Fission yeast Scd1 is an exchange factor for Cdc42 and an effector of Ras1. In a screen for scd1 interacting genes, we isolated klp5 and klp6, which encode presumptive kinesins. Klp5 and Klp6 form a complex to control the same processes, which so far include microtubule dynamics and chromosome segregation. We showed that klp5 or klp6 inactivation in combination with ... [more]

Genetics Oct. 01, 2003; 165(2);477-88 [Pubmed: 14573463]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

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

Curated By

  • BioGRID