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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
The development and application of genomic reagents and techniques has fuelled progress in our understanding of regulatory networks that control gene expression in eukaryotic cells. However, a full description of the network of regulator-gene interactions that determine global gene expression programs remains elusive and will require systematic genetic as well as biochemical assays. Here, we describe a functional genomics approach that combines reporter technology, genome-wide array-based reagents and high-throughput imaging to discover new regulators controlling gene expression patterns in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Our strategy utilizes the synthetic genetic array (SGA) method to systematically introduce promoter-GFP (green fluorescent protein) reporter constructs along with a control promoter-RFP (red fluorescent protein) gene into the array of approximately 4500 viable yeast deletion mutants. Fluorescence intensities from each reporter are assayed from individual colonies arrayed on solid agar plates using a scanning fluorimager and the ratio of GFP to RFP intensity reveals deletion mutants that cause differential GFP expression. We are exploiting this screening approach to construct a detailed map describing the interplay of regulators controlling the eukaryotic cell cycle. The method is extensible to any transcription factor or signalling pathway for which an appropriate reporter gene can be devised.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1095-9130
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
258-64
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Comprehensive genetic analysis of transcription factor pathways using a dual reporter gene system in budding yeast.
pubmed:affiliation
Banting & Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ont. M5S3E1E1, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't