A new purple fluorescent color marker for genetic studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans.

ABSTRACT: The ability to visualize cellular events by linking them to color or fluorescence changes has been an invaluable tool for biology. We describe a novel plasmid-borne color marker whose expression in yeast leads to purple-colored cells that are also brightly fluorescent. This dominant marker provides a useful tool for rapidly screening plasmid maintenance using a visual or fluorescence assay in both Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans.

SUBMITTER: Keppler-Ross S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2390648 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature