Synthetic Growth Defect

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutations in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, result in a significant growth defect under a given condition when combined in the same cell.

Publication

Detoxification of multiple heavy metals by a half-molecule ABC transporter, HMT-1, and coelomocytes of Caenorhabditis elegans.

Schwartz MS, Benci JL, Selote DS, Sharma AK, Chen AG, Dang H, Fares H, Vatamaniuk OK

BACKGROUND: Developing methods for protecting organisms in metal-polluted environments is contingent upon our understanding of cellular detoxification mechanisms. In this regard, half-molecule ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters of the HMT-1 subfamily are required for cadmium (Cd) detoxification. HMTs have conserved structural architecture that distinguishes them from other ABC transporters and allows the identification of homologs in genomes of different species including ... [more]

PLoS ONE Mar. 12, 2010; 5(3);e9564 [Pubmed: 20221439]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: metal resistance (APO:0000090)
  • phenotype: vegetative growth (APO:0000106)

Related interactions

InteractionExperimental Evidence CodeDatasetThroughputScoreCurated ByNotes
HMT1 CSM1
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
480254

Curated By

  • BioGRID