A genome-wide resource of cell cycle and cell shape genes of fission yeast

• Published in: Open biology Vol. 3; no. 5; p. 130053
• Main Authors: Hayles, Jacqueline, Wood, Valerie, Jeffery, Linda, Hoe, Kwang-Lae, Kim, Dong-Uk, Park, Han-Oh, Salas-Pino, Silvia, Heichinger, Christian, Nurse, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 01-05-2013
• Subjects: Cell Cycle; Cell Cycle - genetics; Cell Shape; Computational Biology; Fission Yeast; Gene Deletion; Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; Genes, cdc; Genes, Fungal; Genome, Fungal; Genome-Wide Gene Deletion Resource; Humans; Mutagenesis; Phenotype; Schizosaccharomyces - cytology; Schizosaccharomyces - genetics; Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins - genetics; genome-wide gene deletion resource; fission yeast; cell cycle; cell shape
• ISSN: 2046-2441; 2046-2441
• DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130053

To identify near complete sets of genes required for the cell cycle and cell shape, we have visually screened a genome-wide gene deletion library of 4843 fission yeast deletion mutants (95.7% of total protein encoding genes) for their effects on these processes. A total of 513 genes have been identified as being required for cell cycle progression, 276 of which have not been previously described as cell cycle genes. Deletions of a further 333 genes lead to specific alterations in cell shape and another 524 genes result in generally misshapen cells. Here, we provide the first eukaryotic resource of gene deletions, which describes a near genome-wide set of genes required for the cell cycle and cell shape.