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Genes, Essential

Known as: Essential Gene, Essential Genes, Gene, Essential 
Those genes found in an organism which are necessary for its viability and normal function.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
High Confidence Prediction of Essential Genes in Burkholderia Cenocepacia
Background Essential genes are absolutely required for the survival of an organism. The identification of essential genes… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
COLT-Cancer: functional genetic screening resource for essential genes in human cancer cell lines
Genome-wide pooled shRNA screens enable global identification of the genes essential for cancer cell survival and proliferation… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Characterization of meiosis-deficient mutants by electron microscopy and mapping of four essential genes in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
SummaryMeiosis-deficient mutants of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe carrying mei1, mei2, mei3, mei4 and mes1 mutant… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Generation of conditional lethal Candida albicans mutants by inducible deletion of essential genes
The yeast Candida albicans is the most important fungal pathogen of humans and a model organism for studying fungal virulence… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
P-element insertion alleles of essential genes on the third chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster: mutations affecting embryonic PNS development.
To identify novel genes and to isolate tagged mutations in known genes that are required for the development of the peripheral… 
1996
1996
The identification of transposon-tagged mutations in essential genes that affect cell morphology in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae reproduces by budding, and many genes are required for proper bud development. Mutations in… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The N‐oligosaccharyltransferase complex from yeast
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Non-essential genes in the vaccinia virus HindIII K fragment: a gene related to serine protease inhibitors and a gene related to the 37K vaccinia virus major envelope antigen.
The complete nucleotide sequence of a cloned copy of the HindIII K fragment of the WR strain of vaccinia virus has been… 
1979
1979
Isolation of mutations defining five new cistrons essential for development of bacteriophage Mu.
1970
1970
The eight genes of bacteriophages phi X174 and S13 and comparison of the phage-specified proteins.
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