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Temperature-sensitive loss of sexual agglutinability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Temperature dependency of sexual agglutination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was found. Of 31 strains tested, which showed normal agglutination when cultured at 25°C, 29 strains lost their sexual agglutinability when they were grown at 37°C.

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  1. Department of Legal Medicine, Kinki University, School of Medicine, Sayama-cho, Minamikawachi-gun, 589, Osaka, Japan

    Syuichi Doi & Masao Yoshimura

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Doi, S., Yoshimura, M. Temperature-sensitive loss of sexual agglutinability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Arch. Microbiol. 114, 287–288 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00446875

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