DRYGIN: a database of quantitative genetic interaction networks in yeast

Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jan;38(Database issue):D502-7. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp820. Epub 2009 Oct 30.

Abstract

Genetic interactions are highly informative for deciphering the underlying functional principles that govern how genes control cell processes. Recent developments in Synthetic Genetic Array (SGA) analysis enable the mapping of quantitative genetic interactions on a genome-wide scale. To facilitate access to this resource, which will ultimately represent a complete genetic interaction network for a eukaryotic cell, we developed DRYGIN (Data Repository of Yeast Genetic Interactions)-a web database system that aims at providing a central platform for yeast genetic network analysis and visualization. In addition to providing an interface for searching the SGA genetic interactions, DRYGIN also integrates other data sources, in order to associate the genetic interactions with pathway information, protein complexes, other binary genetic and physical interactions, and Gene Ontology functional annotation. DRYGIN version 1.0 currently holds more than 5.4 million measurements of genetic interacting pairs involving approximately 4500 genes, and is available at http://drygin.ccbr.utoronto.ca.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Computational Biology / trends
  • Databases, Genetic*
  • Databases, Nucleic Acid*
  • Databases, Protein
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics
  • Genes, Fungal
  • Genome, Fungal
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods
  • Internet
  • Models, Genetic
  • Protein Interaction Mapping*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Software

Substances

  • Fungal Proteins