Genetics, Vol. 179, 705-710, May 2008, Copyright © 2008
doi:10.1534/genetics.108.087080

A New Purple Fluorescent Color Marker for Genetic Studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans

Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5215

1 Corresponding author: Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215.
E-mail: neta.dean{at}stonybrook.edu

The ability to visualize cellular events by linking them to color or fluorescence changes has been an invaluable tool for biology. We describe a novel plasmid-borne color marker whose expression in yeast leads to purple-colored cells that are also brightly fluorescent. This dominant marker provides a useful tool for rapidly screening plasmid maintenance using a visual or fluorescence assay in both Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans.


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