Systematic exploration of essential yeast gene function with temperature-sensitive mutants

Z Li, FJ Vizeacoumar, S Bahr, J Li, J Warringer… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Conditional temperature-sensitive (ts) mutations are valuable reagents for studying essential
genes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We constructed 787 ts strains, covering 497 …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a comprehensive temperature-sensitive mutant repository of the essential genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

S Ben-Aroya, C Coombes, T Kwok, KA O'Donnell… - Molecular cell, 2008 - cell.com
The Saccharomyces cereivisiae gene deletion project revealed that approximately 20% of
yeast genes are required for viability. The analysis of essential genes traditionally relies on …

Why are there still over 1000 uncharacterized yeast genes?

L Pena-Castillo, TR Hughes - Genetics, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The yeast genetics community has embraced genomic biology, and there is a general
understanding that obtaining a full encyclopedia of functions of the∼ 6000 genes is a …

An integrated approach for finding overlooked genes in yeast

A Kumar, PM Harrison, KH Cheung, N Lan… - nature …, 2002 - nature.com
We report here the discovery of 137 previously unappreciated genes in yeast through a
widely applicable and highly scalable approach integrating methods of gene-trapping …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration of essential gene functions via titratable promoter alleles

S Mnaimneh, AP Davierwala, J Haynes, J Moffat… - Cell, 2004 - cell.com
Nearly 20% of yeast genes are required for viability, hindering genetic analysis with
knockouts. We created promoter-shutoff strains for over two-thirds of all essential yeast …

A comprehensive strategy enabling high-resolution functional analysis of the yeast genome

DK Breslow, DM Cameron, SR Collins, M Schuldiner… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Functional genomic studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have contributed enormously to
our understanding of cellular processes. Their full potential, however, has been hampered …

Activity motifs reveal principles of timing in transcriptional control of the yeast metabolic network

G Chechik, E Oh, O Rando, J Weissman, A Regev… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Significant insight about biological networks arises from the study of network motifs—overly
abundant network subgraphs,—but such wiring patterns do not specify when and how …

Intrinsic biocontainment: multiplex genome safeguards combine transcriptional and recombinational control of essential yeast genes

Y Cai, N Agmon, WJ Choi, A Ubide… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Biocontainment may be required in a wide variety of situations such as work with pathogens,
field release applications of engineered organisms, and protection of intellectual properties …

Systematic functional analysis of the yeast genome

SG Oliver, MK Winson, DB Kell, F Baganz - Trends in biotechnology, 1998 - cell.com
The genome sequence of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has provided the first
complete inventory of the working parts of a eukaryotic cell. The challenge is now to discover …

Large Scale Identification of Genes Involved in Cell Surface Biosynthesis and Architecture in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

M Lussier, AM White, J Sheraton, T di Paolo… - Genetics, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The sequenced yeast genome offers a unique resource for the analysis of eukaryotic cell
function and enables genome-wide screens for genes involved in cellular processes. We …