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A systematic library for comprehensive overexpression screens in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Modern genetic analysis requires the development of new resources to systematically explore gene function in vivo. Overexpression screens are a powerful method to investigate genetic pathways, but the goal of routine and comprehensive overexpression screens has been hampered by the lack of systematic libraries. Here we describe the construction of a systematic collection of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome in a high-copy vector and its validation in two overexpression screens.

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Figure 1: Construction of a systematic yeast overexpression library.
Figure 2: Validation of the systematic library in overexpression screens.

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We thank T. Moore at Open Biosystems for production of library plasmid DNA. This work was supported by grant GM52486 to G.P. from the US National Institutes of Health, a National Institutes of Health Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research to G.M.J., a Dean's Pilot Project grant from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the Wellcome Trust.

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  1. Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, 10461, New York, USA

    Grace Marie Jones & Gregory Prelich

  2. The Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, Welcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, Cambridge, UK

    Jim Stalker, Sean Humphray, Anthony West, Tony Cox, Jane Rogers & Ian Dunham

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G.M.J. performed experiments. T.C. and J.S., bioinformatics; S.H., clone management; A.W., sequencing. J.R. and I.D. directed and managed sequencing and bioinformatics; G.P. oversaw the project; G.M.J. and G.P. wrote the manuscript.

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G.P. and his lab receive compensation from Open Biosystems for the distribution of their library.

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Yeast Genomic Tiling Collection. (XLS 2214 kb)

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YGPM plasmids that confer a sick or lethal phenotype. (XLS 15 kb)

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Jones, G., Stalker, J., Humphray, S. et al. A systematic library for comprehensive overexpression screens in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nat Methods 5, 239–241 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1181

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