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selection for plasmid loss

Alan T. Bakalinsky bakalina at BCC.ORST.EDU
Mon Apr 11 11:48:19 EST 1994


Colleagues,

        Does anyone know of selective methods, as opposed to screening, to
isolate yeast transformants that have lost plasmids carrying auxotrophic
markers other than URA3?  5FOA selects for loss of URA3, but are methods
known that select for loss of TRP1, HIS3, or LEU2?

Alan Bakalinsky



        

Alan T. Bakalinsky, Ph.D.
Department of Food Science and Technology,
Wiegand Hall, Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-6602                                              
Internet: bakalina at bcc.orst.edu 
Phone: (503) 737-6510
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