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Isolation and characterization of cadmium-resistant mutants ofAspergillus nidulans

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Thirteen cadmium-resistant mutants ofAspergillus nidulans have been isolated which can grow on higher levels of cadmium than can wild-type strains. In each case, resistance results from a single gene mutation: these identify two new loci. Three mutants are located in thecadA gene on chromosome IV; the other ten have been mapped to thecadB locus, which is tightly linked to themethB gene on chromosome VI.

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, L69 3BX, Liverpool, UK

    R. Neil Cooley, Helen R. Haslock &  A. Brian Tomsett

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Cooley, R.N., Haslock, H.R. & Tomsett, A.B. Isolation and characterization of cadmium-resistant mutants ofAspergillus nidulans . Current Microbiology 13, 265–268 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01568651

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