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Science 10 March 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5766, pp. 1481 - 1484
DOI: 10.1126/science.1123287
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Genome-Wide Prediction of C. elegans Genetic Interactions

Weiwei Zhong and Paul W. Sternberg*

To obtain a global view of functional interactions among genes in a metazoan genome, we computationally integrated interactome data, gene expression data, phenotype data, and functional annotation data from three model organisms—Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Drosophila melanogaster—and predicted genome-wide genetic interactions in C. elegans. The resulting genetic interaction network (consisting of 18,183 interactions) provides a framework for system-level understanding of gene functions. We experimentally tested the predicted interactions for two human disease-related genes and identified 14 new modifiers.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: pws{at}caltech.edu

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