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Requirement of either of a pair of ras-related genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for spore viability

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Cells of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, containing disruptions of either of two genes that are members of the ras oncogene family are viable, but haploid yeast spores carrying disruptions of both genes fail to grow.

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    Present address: E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company Inc., Experimental Station, Central Research and Development, Wilmington, Delaware, 19898, USA

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    Kelly Tatchell & Deborah T. Chaleff

  2. Department of Virus and Cell Biology, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania, 19486, USA

    Deborah DeFeo-Jones & Edward M. Scolnick

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Tatchell, K., Chaleff, D., DeFeo-Jones, D. et al. Requirement of either of a pair of ras-related genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for spore viability. Nature 309, 523–527 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/309523a0

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