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UV-induced curing of the double-stranded RNA virus of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

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Curing of the viruslike particles harbored by a strain of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica was achieved by UV irradiation. The cured strain was found to be able to maintain the viruslike particles after their re-introduction by crossing or by cytoplasmic fusion. The involvement of a UV-induced mutation of a yeast maintenance gene seems therefore unlikely.

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Abbreviations

UV :

ultraviolet

dsRNA :

double-stranded RNA

VLPs :

viruslike particles, A and B alleles of the mating type locus

TCA :

trichloracetic acid

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  1. Laboratoire de Génétique, Institut National Agronomique, 16 rue Claude Bernard, F-75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    B. Y. Tréton, M. T. Le Dall & H. Heslot

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Tréton, B.Y., Le Dall, M.T. & Heslot, H. UV-induced curing of the double-stranded RNA virus of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica . Curr Genet 12, 37–39 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00420725

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