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The phenotype of a dihydrofolate reductase mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Gene - 2 Nov 1992
Huang T, Barclay B J, Kalman T I, von Borstel R C, Hastings P J
Abstract excerpt
We have constructed a dihydrofolate reductase mutant (dfr1) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The mutant has auxotrophic growth requirements for the C1 metabolites dTMP, adenine, histidine and methionine, similar to those of wild-type (wt) strains grown in the presence of methotrexate (MTX). However, unlike wt strains treated with MTX, the growth requirements of the dfr1 mutant are not satisfied by exogenous...
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