Starvation for a specific amino acid induces high frequencies of rho- mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 408-413

  Heidenreich, Erich ^a   Wintersberger, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutation; Petite; Respiratory deficiency; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LYSINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; LYSINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STARVATION;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030973295     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050223     Document Type: Article

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