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The biological magic behind the bullets

Nature Biotechnology volume 22, pages 37–38 (2004)Cite this article

Testing the relative fitness of thousands of yeast strains helps determine pathways and proteins targeted by small-molecule drugs

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of the combined synthetic lethality/chemical screen for small molecules.

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  1. Brent R Stockwell: He is supported in part by a Career Award at the Scientific Interface from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

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