Year: 1989
Type: article
Abstract: This communication presents experimental evidence that intact fragile (osmotic sensitive) yeasts can be electrofused and give viable hybrids. The yield increases with one order of magnitude for electrofusion of intact fragile yeasts with protoplasts of non-fragile ones. The yield of viable hybrids, obtained by electrofusion of protoplasts of fragile and non-fragile yeasts, is one order of magnitude higher than the yield from protoplasts of non-fragile yeasts. The destabilized cell wall and plasma membrane of the mutant yeasts could be a possible explanation for this phenomenon.
Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters
Authors: I. Tsoneva, P. Doinov, D.S. Dimitrov
Institution: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2156923382