Positive Genetic

Mutations/deletions in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, but when combined in the same cell results in a less severe fitness defect than expected under a given condition. This term is reserved for high or low throughput studies with scores.

Publication

Viral protein engagement of GBF1 induces host cell vulnerability through synthetic lethality.

Navare AT, Mast FD, Olivier JP, Bertomeu T, Neal ML, Carpp LN, Kaushansky A, Coulombe-Huntington J, Tyers M, Aitchison JD

Viruses co-opt host proteins to carry out their lifecycle. Repurposed host proteins may thus become functionally compromised; a situation analogous to a loss-of-function mutation. We term such host proteins as viral-induced hypomorphs. Cells bearing cancer driver loss-of-function mutations have successfully been targeted with drugs perturbing proteins encoded by the synthetic lethal (SL) partners of cancer-specific mutations. Similarly, SL interactions of ... [more]

J Cell Biol Nov. 07, 2022; 221(11); [Pubmed: 36305789]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: growth abnormality (HP:0001507) [viability (PATO:0000169)]

Additional Notes

  • CRISPR GI screen
  • Cell Line: NALM-6
  • Experimental Setup: Positive Genetic (Suppressor)
  • GIST: A-phenotypic positive genetic interaction
  • Hit genes are suppress growth inhibition due to chemical inhibition of GBF1 using golgicide A (GCA)
  • Library: EKO (Extended Knockout Library)
  • Significance Threshold: FDR<0.05

Curated By

  • BioGRID