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Table 1 List of top hits from computational analysis of mean cell area in images from a high-content genome-wide RNAi screen

From: PDGF/VEGF signaling controls cell size in Drosophila

Sos

SOS1

-4.09

Ras signaling

Fly gene

Human homologue

Z-score

Function

drk

GRB2

-3.73

Ras signaling

CG11294

CART1

-3.07

Transcription factor

gfzf

GSTT1

-3.02

Glutathione transferase

Pvr

PDGF / VEGF

-2.92

Receptor tyrosine kinase

rl

MAPK1

-2.80

Ras signaling

Sec61alpha

SEC61A2

-2.66

Protein secretion

Rheb

RHEB

-2.52

Tor signaling

Nup44A

SEH1L

-2.47

Nuclear pore

Ras85D

KRAS

-2.30

Ras signaling

csw

PTPN11 (SHP-2)

-2.22

Ras signaling

CG9306

NDUFB9

-2.20

Mitochondrial electron transport

CG9300

NOL11

-2.15

Sugar transporter

fax

C6orf168

-2.04

Axonogenesis

Dsor1

MAP2K1

-2.02

Ras signaling

  1. This list was derived from an initial hit list (Additional data file 1) following the confirmation of phenotypes by visual inspection and the exclusion of genes causing other cell shape phenotypes. Genes participating in the Ras signaling pathway are highlighted in bold.