title: Isolation and characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants resistant to sulphite.
abstract: Several spontaneous and UV-induced sulphite resistant mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been isolated and characterized. Some of the UV-induced mutants appeared to be much more resistant than the spontaneous ones, as judged by their plating efficiency and cellular growth in the presence of increasing concentrations of sulphite. All the resistant mutants seemed to have an intracellular glutathione content and glutathione reductase activity higher than and an extracellular glutathione concentration lower than the parental strain.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienze Biochimiche, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casalone
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Colella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polsinelli
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005978:Glutathione / Q000032:analysis; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D013447:Sulfites / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D013447:Sulfites; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005978:Glutathione