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. 1978 Sep;135(3):1146–1148. doi: 10.1128/jb.135.3.1146-1148.1978

Differences in crystal violet uptake and cation-induced death among yeast sterol mutants.

M Bard, N D Lees, L S Burrows, F W Kleinhans
PMCID: PMC222492  PMID: 357417

Abstract

Yeast sterol mutants exposed to crystal violet demonstrated greater dye uptake than the wild type. In addition, exposure for 10 min to hypertonic cation solutions showed a greater decrease in cell viability for mutants than for wild type.

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