Intraspecific heterokaryon and fruit body formation in Coprinus macrorhizus by protoplast fusion of auxotrophic mutants |
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Authors: | Takao Kiguchi Sonoe O Yanagi |
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Institution: | (1) National Food Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 305 Tsukuba Science City, Japan;(2) Present address: Research Laboratories, Kyodo Milk Industry Co., Shinmachi, Hoya-shi, 202 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary Fusion of protoplasts of Coprinus macrorhizus mutants with different amino acid requirements resulted in the production of prototrophic clones at frequencies of 1–4% of the protoplasts surviving the fusion treatment. The frequencies were at least 200 times higher than those of the appearance of revertants. Few prototrophic colonies appeared also when the mutant protoplasts were individually subjected to fusion treatment, or when they were mixedly cultured without fusion treatment. It was thus concluded that intraspecific heterokaryons were formed by protoplast fusion.The auxotrophic mutants did not form fruit bodies when cultured singly or mixedly with each other. In contrast, the heterokaryons produced by protoplast fusion between the mutants of compatible mating types developed into fruit bodies with intermediate morphology of those of the strains from which the mutants were derived. Heterokaryons were also formed by fusion of mutant protoplasts with identical mating genotype, but they failed to form fruit bodies.Abbreviations PEG
polyethyleneglycol
- HEPES
N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N -2-ethane sulfonic acid |
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