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We found, however, that colonies that do show the proper size array can be maintained for at least 2 days at 28°C in liquid culture without a significant reduction of the array size (Figure 1b, lane 3).
Bermuda sits astride the main whale migration route, and because the motherland and other colonies demanded (and paid well for) the oil, the local population went into the whaling business.
At both temperatures, the TK mutant version of Boi1 allowed a substantial fraction of colonies to show either moderate or heavy sectoring (Fig.
The color change of the yeast colonies due to the hydrolysis of 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-β-D-galactopyranoside (X-gal) by β-galactosidase was significantly delayed and less intense than the reaction we observed for strongly interacting mutants.
To identify mutations that allowed complete bypass of cdc15Δ, representative colonies from each plate were tested for their ability to grow on 5-FOA-containing medium (5-FOA selectively blocks the growth of plasmid-bearing URA3+ cells).