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

Actin Filament Severing by Cofilin Dismantles Actin Patches and Produces Mother Filaments for New Patches.

Chen Q, Pollard TD

BACKGROUND: Yeast cells depend on Arp2/3 complex to assemble actin filaments at sites of endocytosis, but the source of the initial filaments required to activate Arp2/3 complex is not known. RESULTS: We tested the proposal that cofilin severs actin filaments during endocytosis in fission yeast cells using a mutant cofilin defective in severing. We used quantitative fluorescence microscopy to track ... [more]

Curr. Biol. May. 29, 2013; 0(0); [Pubmed: 23727096]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Ontology Terms

  • phenotype: inviable (APO:0000112)

Additional Notes

  • ent1-delta(ac) end4-delta (tld) inviable

Curated By

  • BioGRID