Global genetic networks and the genotype-to-phenotype relationship

M Costanzo, E Kuzmin, J van Leeuwen, B Mair… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Genetic interactions identify combinations of genetic variants that impinge on phenotype.
With whole-genome sequence information available for thousands of individuals within a …

Identifying compound efficacy targets in phenotypic drug discovery

M Schirle, JL Jenkins - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Compound target ID technologies have unique strengths that can be used
strategically.•Target ID approaches are trending toward unbiased, genome-wide …

A global genetic interaction network maps a wiring diagram of cellular function

M Costanzo, B VanderSluis, EN Koch, A Baryshnikova… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Genetic interactions occur when mutations in two or more genes combine
to generate an unexpected phenotype. An extreme negative or synthetic lethal genetic …

Global analysis of the yeast knockout phenome

G Turco, C Chang, RY Wang, G Kim, EH Stoops… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Genome-wide phenotypic screens in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, enabled
by its knockout collection, have produced the largest, richest, and most systematic …

Inhibiting stearoyl-CoA desaturase ameliorates α-synuclein cytotoxicity

BM Vincent, DF Tardiff, JS Piotrowski, R Aron… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
The lack of disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative disease stems in part from
our rudimentary understanding of disease mechanisms and the paucity of targets for …

Systematic functional annotation and visualization of biological networks

A Baryshnikova - Cell systems, 2016 - cell.com
Large-scale biological networks represent relationships between genes, but our
understanding of how networks are functionally organized is limited. Here, I describe spatial …

Biosynthesis of fragin is controlled by a novel quorum sensing signal

C Jenul, S Sieber, C Daeppen, A Mathew… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Members of the diazeniumdiolate class of natural compounds show potential for drug
development because of their antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral, and antitumor activities. Yet …

Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida species

MÀ Schikora-Tamarit, T Gabaldón - Nature Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding how microbial pathogens adapt to treatments, humans and clinical
environments is key to infer mechanisms of virulence, transmission and drug resistance …

Modes‐of‐action of antifungal compounds: Stressors and (target‐site‐specific) toxins, toxicants, or toxin–stressors

D Noel, JE Hallsworth, E Gelhaye… - Microbial …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi and antifungal compounds are relevant to the United Nation's Sustainable
Development Goals. However, the modes‐of‐action of antifungals—whether they are …

Dark chemical matter as a promising starting point for drug lead discovery

AM Wassermann, E Lounkine, D Hoepfner… - Nature chemical …, 2015 - nature.com
High-throughput screening (HTS) is an integral part of early drug discovery. Herein, we
focused on those small molecules in a screening collection that have never shown …