Imidazole Compounds Accumulated by Purine Mutants of Neurospora crassa

Open Access

1 May 1961

journal article
research article
Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology

Vol. 25 (1) , 41-46
https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-25-1-41

Abstract

SUMMARY: A procedure is given for the detection of imidazole compounds accumulated in the mycelium of adenine mutants of Neurospora crassa. Of five such compounds detected, four have been tentatively identified. The distribution of these imidazoles among the mutants investigated allows a correlation between the adenine loci and the steps of purine biosynthesis.