Conclusions
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Quaternary ammonium salts seem to be potent inhibitors of amino acid uptake inS. cerevisiae.
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Inhibition is the strongest in yeast with derepressed transport (growth in Yeast Carbon Base medium with proline as the sole nitrogen source).
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The single-gene resistance to quaternary ammonium salts leads to lowering of transport inhibition.
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Obłak, E., Lachowicz, T.M. & Witek, S. DL-leucine transport in aSaccharomyces cerevisiae mutant resistant to quaternary ammonium salts. Folia Microbiol 41, 116–118 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02816365
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