"Genes, Essential" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Those genes found in an organism which are necessary for its viability and normal function.
| Descriptor ID |
D020043
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.360.340.024.340.270
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| Concept/Terms |
Genes, Housekeeping- Genes, Housekeeping
- Gene, Housekeeping
- Housekeeping Gene
- Housekeeping Genes
- Genes, House-keeping
- Gene, House-keeping
- Genes, House keeping
- House-keeping Gene
- House-keeping Genes
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Genes, Essential" by people in Profiles.
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Genomic analyses of new genes and their phenotypic effects reveal rapid evolution of essential functions in Drosophila development. PLoS Genet. 2021 07; 17(7):e1009654.
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Rapid Evolution of Gained Essential Developmental Functions of a Young Gene via Interactions with Other Essential Genes. Mol Biol Evol. 2019 10 01; 36(10):2212-2226.
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Periplasmic protein EipA determines envelope stress resistance and virulence in Brucella abortus. Mol Microbiol. 2019 03; 111(3):637-661.
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Comprehensive Essentiality Analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genome via Saturating Transposon Mutagenesis. mBio. 2017 01 17; 8(1).
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Size doesn't matter in the heat shock response. Curr Genet. 2017 May; 63(2):175-178.
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TopDom: an efficient and deterministic method for identifying topological domains in genomes. Nucleic Acids Res. 2016 Apr 20; 44(7):e70.
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Most influenza a virions fail to express at least one essential viral protein. J Virol. 2013 Mar; 87(6):3155-62.
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New genes in Drosophila quickly become essential. Science. 2010 Dec 17; 330(6011):1682-5.
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Temperature-sensitive mutations in the putative herpes simplex virus type 1 terminase subunits pUL15 and pUL33 preclude viral DNA cleavage/packaging and interaction with pUL28 at the nonpermissive temperature. J Virol. 2008 Jan; 82(1):487-94.
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The National Microbial Pathogen Database Resource (NMPDR): a genomics platform based on subsystem annotation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007 Jan; 35(Database issue):D347-53.