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YPD/YEPD, YPAD Media and Plates
YEPD/YPD (Yeast Extract-Peptone-Dextrose), YPAD (Adenine Supplemented YPD)
Complete Minimal (CM) or Synthetic Complete (SC) Media and Plates
YPD Medium and Plates with Geneticin (G418)
5 FOA (5 Fluoroorotic Acid) Medium and Plates
5-Fluoroorotic Acid (5-FOA) is used in yeast molecular genetics to detect expression of URA3 gene that encodes orotine-5'-monophosphate (OMP) dicarboxylase. Yeast with an active URA3 gene (Ura+) converts the 5-FOA to fluorodeoxyuridine, which is toxic to cells. Yeast strains carrying a mutation in the URA3 gene grow in the presence of 5-FOA, if the media is supplemented with uracil.
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