Curing Industrial Saccharomyces Yeasts of Parasitic 2μm Plasmid

Literature Cited

• Blanc, H., Gerbaud, C., Slonimski, P. P., and Guerineau, M. Stable yeast transformation with chimeric plasmids using a 2μm-circular DNA-less strain as a recipient. Mol. Gen. Genet. 176:335–342, 1979.
   Google Scholar
• Broach, J. R. Molecular biology of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In The Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces. Broach, J. R., Jones, E. W., and Strathern, J. N., Eds. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York. pp. 445–470, 1981.
   Google Scholar
• Broach, J. R., Guarascio, V. R., and Jayaram, M. Recombination within the yeast plasmid 2μ circle is site-specific. Cell 29:227–234, 1982.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Casey, G. P., Xiao, W., and Rank, G. H. A convenient dominant selectable marker for gene transfer in industrial strains of Saccharomyces yeast: SMRI encoded resistance to the herbicide sulfometuron methyl. J. Inst. Brew. 94:93–97, 1988.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chinery, S. A., and Hinchiffe, E. A novel class of vector for yeast transformation. Curr. Genet. 16:21–25, 1989.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dobson, M. J., Futcher, A. B., and Cox, B. S. Loss of 2μm DNA from Saccharomyces cerevisiae transformed with the chimeric plasmid pJDB219. Curr. Genet. 2:201–205, 1980.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Doolittle, W. F., and Sapienza, C. Selfish genes, the phenotype paradigm and genome evolution. Nature (London) 284:601–603, 1980.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Erhart, E., and Hollenberg, C. P. Curing of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2μm DNA by transformation. Curr. Genet. 3:83–89, 1981.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Erhart, E., and Hollenberg, C. P. The presence of a defective LEU2 gene on 2μ DNA recombinant plasmids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is responsible for curing and high copy number. J. Bacteriol. 156:625–635, 1983.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Falco, S. C., and Dumas, K. S. Genetic analysis of mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae resistant to the herbicide sulfometuron methyl. Genetics 109:21–35, 1985.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Futcher, A. B. Copy number amplification of the 2μm circle plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Theor. Biol. 119:197–204, 1986.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Futcher, A. B. The 2μm circle plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 4:27–40, 1988.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Futcher, A. B., and Cox, B. S. Maintenance of the 2μm circle plasmid in populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Bacteriol. 154:612–622, 1983.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Futcher, A. B., and Cox, B. S. Copy number and the stability of 2μm circle-based artificial plasmids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Bacteriol. 157:283–290, 1984.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Futcher, A. B., and Hickey, D. A. Maintenance of the 2μm circle plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by sexual transmission: An example of a selfish DNA. Genetics 118:411–415, 1988.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gerbaud, C., and Guerineau, M. 2μm plasmid copy number in different yeast strains and repartition of endogenous and 2μm chimeric plasmids in transformed strains. Curr. Genet. 1:219–228, 1980.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Guerineau, M., Grandchamp, C., and Slonimski, P.P. Circular DNA of a yeast episome with two inverted repeats: Structural analysis by a restriction enzyme and electron microscopy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 73:3030–3034, 1976.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harford, M. N., and Peeters, M. Curing of endogenous 2 micron DNA in yeast by recombinant vectors. Curr. Genet. 11:315–319, 1987.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hartley, J. L., and Donelson, J. E. Nucleotide sequence of the yeast plasmid. Nature (London) 286:860–864, 1980.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hoffman, C. S., and Winston, F. A ten-minute DNA preparation from yeast efficiently releases autonomous plasmids for transformation of Escherichia coli. Gene 57:267–272, 1987.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ito, H., Fukuda, Y., Murata, K., and Kimura, A. Transformation of intact yeast cells treated with alkali cations. J. Bacteriol. 153:163–168, 1983.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jayaram, M., Li, Y. Y., and Broach, J. R. The yeast plasmid 2μ circle encodes components required for its high copy propagation. Cell 34:95–104, 1983.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kikuchi, Y. Yeast plasmid requires a cis-acting locus and two plasmid proteins for its stable maintenance. Cell 35:487–493, 1983.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mead, D. J., Gardner, D. C. J., and Oliver, S. G. The yeast 2μ plasmid: Strategies for the survival of a selfish DNA. Mol. Gen. Genet. 205:417–421, 1986.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Mead, D. J., Gardner, D. C. J., and Oliver, S. G. Phenotypic differences between induced and spontaneous 2μ-plasmid-free segregants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr. Genet. 11:415–418, 1987.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Orgel, L. E., and Crick, F. H. C. Selfish DNA: The ultimate parasite. Nature (London) 284:604–607, 1980.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sherman, F., Fink, G. R., and Hicks, J. B. Methods in Yeast Genetics: A Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York. 1983.
   Google Scholar
• Spencer, J. F. T., and Spencer, D. M. Genetic improvement of industrial yeasts. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 37:121–142, 1983.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Toh-E, A., and Wickner, R. B. Curing of the 2μ DNA plasmid from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Bacteriol. 145:1421–1424, 1981.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tubb, R. S. 2μm DNA plasmid in brewery yeasts. J. Inst. Brew. 86:78–80, 1980.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Volkert, F. C., and Broach, J. R. Site-specific recombination promotes plasmid amplification in yeast. Cell 46:541–550, 1986.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xiao, W., and Rank, G. H. The construction of recombinant industrial yeasts free of bacterial sequences by directed gene replacement into a nonessential region of the genome. Gene 76:99–107, 1989.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xiao, W., and Rank, G. H. Cloning of industrial Saccharomyces 2μm plasmid variants by in vivo site-specific recombination. Plasmid 23:67–70, 1990.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar