Table 1.

Yeast strains used in this study

Strain	Genotype
OHNY1	MATa ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 (Nonaka et al., 1995)
OHNY2	MATα ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 (Nonaka et al., 1995)
HNY78	MATa ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 rho1::RhoA-URA3 (Nonaka et al., 1995)
TFY7	MATα ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 pkc1::LEU2 (Kohno et al., 1996)
KFY3	MATα ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 bck1::LEU2
MFY2	MATα ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 mpk1::TRP1
BTY1	MATa ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 bni1::HIS3-1 (Kohno et al., 1996)
BTY3	MATa ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 bni1::HIS3-2
TYSH1	MATa ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 spa2::HIS3
TYSH6	MATα ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 spa2::HIS3
DMYSU6	MATα ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 spa2::URA3 bck1::LEU2
KFY5	MATα ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 bni1::HIS3-1 bck1::LEU2
NTFSY1	MATα ura3 leu2 trp1 his3 ade2 bni1::HIS3-2 spa2::URA3
L40	MATa trp1 leu2 his3 LYS2::lexA-HIS3 URA3::lexA-lacZ (Vojtek et al., 1993)

Except for L40, the strains used in this study are isogenic.