Article
A new approach for isolating cell wall mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by screening for hypersensitivity to calcofluor white.
Yeast (Chichester, England) - 1 Aug 1994
Ram A F, Wolters A, Ten Hoopen R, Klis F M
Abstract excerpt
To study cell wall assembly, a simple screening method was devised for isolating cell wall mutants. Mutagenized cells were screened for hypersensitivity to Calcofluor White, which interferes with cell wall assembly. The rationale is that Calcofluor White amplifies the effect of cell wall mutation...
Topics
- Aminoglycosides
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Antifungal Agents
- Benzenesulfonates
- Caffeine
- Cell Fractionation
- Cell Wall
- Glucosamine
- Glucose
- Glycoside Hydrolases
- Mannose
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutation
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Selection, Genetic
- beta-Fructofuranosidase