In article (Dans l'article) <34D944CE.77CAFD07 at gate.sinica.edu.tw>,
Hsien-wei Peng <hwpeng at gate.sinica.edu.tw> wrote (écrivait) :
> Why the ade2-101 mutation causes the red color morphology?
Because of the Ade2 mutation, Yeasts can't process the product of the Ade3
gene, then it accumulates within the cells giving this red color. It is
toxic too...
Yann
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Yann ABRAHAM
Institut Curie
Laboratoire "Biologie du cycle cellulaire et de la Motilité"
UMR 144 - C.N.R.S.
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75231 Paris cedex 5
