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

The synthetic genetic interaction spectrum of essential genes.

Davierwala AP, Haynes J, Li Z, Brost RL, Robinson MD, Yu L, Mnaimneh S, Ding H, Zhu H, Chen Y, Cheng X, Brown GW, Boone C, Andrews BJ, Hughes TR

The nature of synthetic genetic interactions involving essential genes (those required for viability) has not been previously examined in a broad and unbiased manner. We crossed yeast strains carrying promoter-replacement alleles for more than half of all essential yeast genes to a panel of 30 different mutants with defects in diverse cellular processes. The resulting genetic network is biased toward ... [more]

Nat. Genet. Oct. 01, 2005; 37(10);1147-52 [Pubmed: 16155567]

Throughput

  • High Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: inviable (APO:0000112)

Additional Notes

  • SGA screen

Related interactions

InteractionExperimental Evidence CodeDatasetThroughputScoreCurated ByNotes
ACT1 NOP14
Negative Genetic
Negative Genetic

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

High-0.1759BioGRID
1931413

Curated By

  • BioGRID