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The polygenic system of cycloheximide inactivation inSchizophyllum commune

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Resistant and sensitive strains ofSchizophyllum commune inactivate the fungicidal antibiotic cyeloheximide. This property is controlled by 3 – 4 genes. Intergenic interactions play an important role here. Heritability of the inactivation is high (0.8 – 0.9).

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    Present address: Institute of Experimental Botany, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia

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  1. Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Biophysics, Charles University, 128 44, Prague 2

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Nečásek, J., Pikálek, P. The polygenic system of cycloheximide inactivation inSchizophyllum commune . Folia Microbiol 26, 351–357 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927326

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