Polyamine toxicity in Neurospora crassa: protective role of the vacuole.

doi:10.1016/0003-9861(91)90364-o

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Polyamine toxicity in Neurospora crassa: protective role of the vacuole.

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Mar 1991

Davis R H, Ristow J L

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We used mutant strains of Neurospora crassa to define the discretionary capacity of this species for excess putrescine. The spe-3 mutant, which accumulates putrescine internally, and the puu-1 mutant, which accumulates toxic levels of putrescine from the medium, both sequestered large excesses of...

Topics

Amino Acids
Butanols
Cell Membrane
Cell Membrane Permeability
Mutation
Neurospora crassa
Phosphates
Potassium
Putrescine
Spermidine
Vacuoles

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