Strain construction and screening methods for a yeast histone H3/H4 mutant library

Methods Mol Biol. 2012:833:1-14. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-477-3_1.

Abstract

A mutant library consisting of hundreds of designed point and deletion mutants in the genes encoding Saccharomyces cerevisiae histones H3 and H4 is described. Incorporation of this library into a suitably engineered yeast strain (e.g., bearing a reporter of interest), and the validation of individual library members is described in detail.

MeSH terms

  • Gene Library*
  • Genes, Reporter / genetics
  • Genetic Testing / methods*
  • Histones / genetics*
  • Mutation / genetics*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / genetics*
  • Transformation, Genetic

Substances

  • Histones
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins