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prototrophy

prototrophy

English

Noun

prototrophy (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being a prototroph
    • 2015 August 22, “The Aspergillus fumigatus pkcA G579R Mutant Is Defective in the Activation of the Cell Wall Integrity Pathway but Is Dispensable for Virulence in a Neutropenic Mouse Infection Model”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0135195:
      The pyrG inserted into the gene replacement cassette was amplified from pCDA21 plasmid [40 ] and was used to generate a marker for prototrophy in the mutant strain.