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Genetic analysis of actidione resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

D. Wilkie  and
B. K. Lee
D. Wilkie
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University College London
B. K. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University College London
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1. Individual genes of a multigenic system of resistance to actidione in yeast were analysed in a series of crosses involving resistant strains and sensitive strains.

2. Resistance conferred varied in the range 0·5 p.p.m. to 20 p.p.m.

3. Positive interaction was seen between resistance genes in recombinant strains.

4. Recessive modifier genes were found which do not themselves confer resistance but which modify the activity of specific resistance genes in a positive way, that is towards a greater degree of resistance. Both a two-fold and a five-fold increase in resistance is seen depending on the gene combination.

5. In selection experiments, strains resistant to relatively high concentrations of actidione (1000 p.p.m.) were obtained but only by selection on media containing successively higher concentrations of the drug, that is, by the step wise build up of multiply mutant forms. Mutations of interacting resistance genes and specific modifier genes were obtained by selection methods including pretreatment of cells with ultra-violet light.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1965 , pp. 130 - 138
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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