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Isolation and characterization of a new class of amino-acid-analogue-resistant mutants in Aspergillus nidulans using reduced carbon flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Mahavir Singh  and
Umakant Sinha
Mahavir Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
Umakant Sinha
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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Four recessive amino-acid-analogue-resistant mutants were isolated on a medium containing acetate as the sole carbon source and the amino acid analogues p-fluorophenylalanine and ethionine. None of the mutants showed any growth requirement. Analysis of growth on media containing an amino acid as the sole nitrogen source indicated that two mutants out of the four possess normal systems for utilization of acidic, neutral, basic and aromatic amino acids. The mutants fpa70 and fpa71 showed reduced growth on tryptophan as the sole source of nitrogen. Three new loci, identified after preliminary genetic analysis, were located on three linkage groups: one each on linkage groups I, VI and VIII.

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Genetics Research , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , October 1979 , pp. 121 - 130
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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