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Synthetic genetic array
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<p>Synthetic genetic array analysis (SGA) is a <a href="/facts/High-throughput_screening/503vkz1b">high-throughput</a> technique for exploring <a href="/facts/Synthetic_lethality/zR70fz4G">synthetic lethal</a> and synthetic sick <a href="/facts/Genetic_interactions/bJAJL90w">genetic interactions</a> (<a href="/facts/Synthetic_lethality/zR70fz4G">SSL</a>). SGA allows for the systematic construction of double mutants using a combination of <a href="/facts/Recombinant_DNA/dT3PL7M6">recombinant genetic techniques</a>, mating and selection steps. Using SGA methodology a query gene deletion mutant can be crossed to an entire genome deletion set to identify any <a href="/facts/Synthetic_lethality/zR70fz4G">SSL</a> interactions, yielding functional information of the query gene and the genes it interacts with. A large-scale application of SGA in which ~130 query genes were crossed to the set of ~5000 viable deletion mutants in yeast revealed a genetic network containing ~1000 genes and ~4000 SSL interactions. The results of this study showed that genes with similar function tend to interact with one another and genes with similar patterns of genetic interactions often encode products that tend to work in the same pathway or complex. Synthetic Genetic Array analysis was initially developed using the model organism <i><a href="/facts/S._cerevisiae/sX9MGFrz">S. cerevisiae</a></i>. This method has since been extended to cover 30% of the <i>S. cerevisiae</i> genome. Methodology has since been developed to allow SGA analysis in <i><a href="/facts/Schizosaccharomyces_pombe/GztzsPnJ">S.pombe</a></i> and <i>E. coli</i>. </p>