Nonselective URA3 colony-color assay in yeast ade1 or ade2 mutants

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Weng, Yi Shin ^a   Nickoloff, Jac A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030739940     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97232bm13     Document Type: Article

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