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A silent gene allelicto yeast invertase structural gene SUC2 can be activated by mutation to direct the formation of a new type of invertase

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Strains fromSaccharomyces cerevisiae unable to produce invertase (suc0) may revert to invertase formation by ultraviolet treatment or spontaneously at a lower rate, as a consequence of activation of a silent gene allelic to the SUC2 locus. However, the new internal protein is physically different from the internal invertase expressed by the SUC2 gene according to electrophoresis analysis.

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  1. Lucas del Castillo Agudo

    Present address: Department de Microbiologia, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Valéncia, Valéncia, Spain

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  1. Institute of Microbiology, Darmstadt, FRG

    Lucas del Castillo Agudo & Friedrich K. Zimmermann

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Castillo Agudo, L.d., Zimmermann, F.K. A silent gene allelicto yeast invertase structural gene SUC2 can be activated by mutation to direct the formation of a new type of invertase. Current Microbiology 14, 165–167 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01568369

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