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Mutants in Saccharomyces lactis controlling both β-glucosidase and β-galactosidase activities*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

M. Tingle  and
H. O. Halvorson
M. Tingle
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
H. O. Halvorson
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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In Saccharomyces lactis, a class of mutants isolated for low β-glucosidase activity are reduced in activity for β-galactosidase as well. Genetic studies indicate that their properties are the result of a single mutation in a nuclear gene. In diploide containing a wild-type and mutant β-galactosidase allele, the mutant phenotype is partially dominant. The two enzymes can be separated physically and under appropriate conditions are induced independently in wild-type strains.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , February 1972 , pp. 27 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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