Dithizone staining of intracellular zinc: An unexpected and versatile counterscreen for auxotrophic marker genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Yuan, Daniel S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITHIZONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ZINC;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DEATH; CELL MUTANT; CELL SECRETION; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COT1 GENE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; INSULIN RELEASE; MARKER GENE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SECRETION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SECRETORY VESICLE; STAINING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ZAP1 GENE; ZINC METABOLISM; ZRC1 GENE; CELL CLONE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLOR; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PERMEABILITY;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL SURVIVAL; CLONE CELLS; COLOR; DITHIZONE; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; PERMEABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SECRETORY VESICLES; STAINING AND LABELING; ZINC;

EID: 80053588897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025830     Document Type: Article

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