Selection of yeast auxotrophs by thymidylate starvation

B J Barclay, J G Little
1977 Journal of Bacteriology  
A rapid procedure for the recovery of Saccharomyces ceret'isiae auxotrophs was developed by exploiting the protection of these mutants from thymineless death when a required metabolite was withheld. The method can be used for thymidine 5'-monophosphate-requiring auxotrophs or wild-type strains blocked in de novo synthesis of thymidylate by folate antagonists.
doi:10.1128/jb.132.3.1036-1037.1977 fatcat:6cqr6r4sjbcbhlcn6khj4fqziu