2014
A functional screen for copper homeostasis genes identifies a pharmacologically tractable cellular system
Schlecht U, Suresh S, Xu W, Aparicio AM, Chu A, Proctor MJ, Davis RW, Scharfe C, St Onge RP. A functional screen for copper homeostasis genes identifies a pharmacologically tractable cellular system. BMC Genomics 2014, 15: 263. PMID: 24708151, PMCID: PMC4023593, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory growthFunctional screenCopper homeostasis genesHomozygous diploid deletionIntracellular copper concentrationList of genesComplex cellular systemsDeletion strainHomeostasis genesCopper homeostasisLow vacuolar pHDirect regulatorRespiratory defectsDifferent genesAerobic organismsIron uptakeFunctional linkMendelian disordersGenesCellular systemsGrowth mediumVacuolar pHHomeostasis resultsGenetic originHuman health
2009
Mapping Gene Associations in Human Mitochondria using Clinical Disease Phenotypes
Scharfe C, Lu HH, Neuenburg JK, Allen EA, Li GC, Klopstock T, Cowan TM, Enns GM, Davis RW. Mapping Gene Associations in Human Mitochondria using Clinical Disease Phenotypes. PLOS Computational Biology 2009, 5: e1000374. PMID: 19390613, PMCID: PMC2668170, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial disease genesDisease genesMitochondrial genesMost mitochondrial proteinsMitochondrial disease phenotypesGene network analysisDisease phenotypePhenotypic featuresGenotype-phenotype relationsNuclear genesHuman mitochondriaMitochondrial proteinsCharacteristic interaction patternsPhenotypic dataCandidate genesMitochondrial systemDifferent genesSimilar phenotypeGene associationsGenesFunctional interactionMitochondrial disordersClinical disease phenotypeSimilarity valuesPhenotype