Cytoplasmic inheritance of antimycin A resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Mol Gen Genet. 1976 Jul 23;146(2):133-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00268081.

Abstract

Three antimycin resistant mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are characterized genetically. The mutations have been shown to be cytoplasmically inherited by four criteria. The phenotype persists in diploids formed by a cross with a pO strain of yeast of the opposite mating type. Diploids heterozygous for the antimycin marker, however, show segregation of the resistance and sensitivity during mitosis. Tetrad analysis indicates a non-Mendelian segregation (4:0 and 0:4) of the mutations. The antimycin marker can be eliminated by ethidium bromide treatment under conditions that should have deleted all of the mitochondrial DNA.

MeSH terms

  • Antimycin A / pharmacology*
  • Crosses, Genetic
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Ethidium
  • Extrachromosomal Inheritance*
  • Genotype
  • Mutation
  • Phenotype
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antimycin A
  • Ethidium