Heavy metal sensitivities of gene deletion strains for ITT1 and RPS1A connect their activities to the expression of URE2, a key gene involved in metal detoxification in yeast
Houman Moteshareie, Maryam Hajikarimlou, Alex Mulet Indrayanti, Daniel. J. Burnside, Ana Paula Dias, Clara Lettl, Duale Ahmed, Katayoun Omidi, Thomas David Daniel Kazmirchuk, Nathalie Puchacz, Narges Zare, Sarah Takallou, Thet Naing, Raúl Bonne Hernández, William Glen Willmore, , Ashkan Golshani
The paper identifies two yeast genes, ITT1 and RPS1A, whose deletion increases heavy metal sensitivity by affecting URE2 mRNA translation.
PLoS ONE · Sep 19, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics