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A Deep-sequencing-assisted, Spontaneous Suppressor Screen in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Published on: March 7, 2019
Allele-specific suppression of a cell cycle mutant of S. cerevisiae
1National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, NW7, London, Great Britain.
Abstract:
A cell cycle (cdc) mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is described which fails to complement cdc27-1 described by Hartwell et al. 1973), and is designated cdc27-47. Whereas cdc27-1 behaves as a single Mendelian gene (Hartwell et al. 1973), cdc27-47 requires the presence of an additional unlinked gene for expression of temperature-sensitivity. This gene, designated sts47, is present in some, but not all, laboratory wild-type strains. Expression of cdc27-1 is not influenced by STS47. A model for suppression is proposed involving the modification of conformation within a structural or enzyme complex.
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