Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics Advance Access published online on March 31, 2007
Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics, doi:10.1093/bfgp/elm004
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The role and aims of the FYSSION project
Corresponding author. John Armstrong, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, United Kingdom. Tel: ++44-1273-678576; E-mail: j.armstrong{at}sussex.ac.uk
FYSSION is a resource for researchers working on the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. It currently comprises libraries of temperature-sensitive mutants in essential genes, and insertional mutants in non-essential genes, available for screening by visiting workers. Here we outline methods for constructing and using the libraries, and describe future prospects for functional genomics of this organism, here and elsewhere.
Keywords: Schizosaccharomyces pombe, functional genomics, insertional mutagenesis, phenotype ontology