Introduction

 Schizosaccharomyces pombe (S. pombe) Deletion Mutant Library Sets were created by Dr. Kwang-Lae Hoe at KRIBB (Korea Research Institute of Biotechnology and Bioscience, Korea) through collaboration with Sir Paul Nurse at CRC (Cancer Research Center, UK, currently at the Rockefeller University in USA) and Bioneer based on the genome sequences of the S. pombe provided by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

 This genome-wide S. pombe deletion collection covers more than 98% of genome consisting of 4,914 genes. As each deletion strain has its distinct tags, functional analysis can be performed both in a gene-specific manner and a genome-wide scale. Two different sets of mutant collections are available: h⁺ haploids and h⁺/ h⁺ diploids.

"I am thrilled to think about discoveries and developments that will be made with our S. pombe Deletion Mutant Library in years to come." - Han-Oh Park, PhD, Founder and CEO of Bioneer.