Table 3.
What some of the names mean
Name | Meaning | Why? (phenotype) |
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Ste | Sterile | Null mutants cannot mate |
Gpa1 | G-protein alpha subunit | Named after function |
Cdc | Cell division control | Cell-cycle arrest at restrictive temperature |
Fus | Fusion | Null mutants defective for cell fusion during mating |
Bem | Bud emergence | Budding defect |
Far | Factor arrest | Null mutants defective for pheromone-imposed cell-cycle arrest |
Sst | Supersensitive | Null mutants are supersensitive to pheromone |
Bar | Barrier (to α-factor diffusion) | Null mutants are supersensitive to α-factor pheromone |
Kss1 | Kinase-suppressor of Sst2 | Multicopy suppressor of sst2 mutant; overproduction of Kss1 inhibits pheromone signaling |
Dig | Down-regulator of invasive growth | Null mutants exhibit constitutive invasion and derepression of Ste12-regulated genes |
Ptp | Protein tyrosine phosphatase | Named after function |
Msg5 | Multicopy suppressor of GPA1 deletion | Overproduction of Mgs5 (a dual-specificity MAPK phosphatase) inhibits pheromone signaling |