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A new method for transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that allows selection was developed. As the frequency of spontaneous blasticidin S resistant mutants from diploid type yeast strain (X-2180AB) was 5.2×10−6, which was a thousandfold less than that from haploid type yeast strain (X-2180B), it was considered that the mechanism of spontaneous blasticidin S resistant mutations was related to recessive gene. Industrial yeasts, which were diploid, were transformed with blasticidin S deaminase gene from Aspergillus terreus to blasticidin S resistance. Expression of blasticidin S deaminase gene allowed selection of transformants from industrial yeasts.
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Fukuda, H., Kizaki, Y. A new transformation system of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with blasticidin S deaminase gene. Biotechnology Letters 21, 969–971 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005613206138
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