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The isolation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae of a mutant partially constitutive for alpha-methylglucosidase is described. The factor responsible for constitutive alpha-methylglucosidase synthesis in either allelic to the MGL1 gene or closely linked to it, and is recessive in nature.
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Khan, N.A. Constitutive alpha-methylglucosidase synthesis in yeast. Molec. gen. Genet. 133, 363–365 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332712
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332712