Halo Assay for Toxic Peptides and Other Compounds in Microorganisms

Autor: Houjian Cai, Melinda Hauser, Fred Naider, Jeffrey Becker
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Bio-Protocol, Vol 6, Iss 22 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2331-8325
DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2025
Popis: We describe an assay for determination of toxicity in S. cerevisiae involving spotting of a toxic peptide on a lawn of yeast cells. This assay may be generalized to determine toxicity of a variety of compounds by substituting a putative toxic compound in place of the peptide. The general protocol may also be used to determine toxicity of any small compound toward another microorganism by replacing S. cerevisiae with the target microbe and modifying growth conditions accordingly.
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