The killer character of Kluyveromyces lactis is associated with a cytoplasmic genetic element which confers on the host cells: a) the capacity to kill sensitive cells of various yeast by producing a diffusible toxin, and b) the immunity to that toxin. The killing activity is associated with the pres
Killer DNA plasmids of the yeastKluyveromyces lactis
✍ Scribed by Micheline Wésolowski; Angela Algeri; Hiroshi Fukuhara
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 319 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8083
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✦ Synopsis
The killer character of Kluyverornyces lactis is cytoplasmically inherited. Two DNA plasmids kl and k2 (8.8 and 13.4 kilobase pairs, respectively) are associated with the killer system. Either cytoplasmic or nuclear mutations can lead to a loss of the killer activity. Two cytoplasmic non-killer mutants have been specifically studied. When they were crossed to each other, the killer phenotype was restored. Genetic analysis led us to conclude that each of the two mutants carried a mutation in the kl plasmid and that the recovery of killer phenotype was due to genetic recombination of the plasmids, and not to complementation.
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