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The Green Monster Process for the Generation of Yeast Strains Carrying Multiple Gene Deletions
Yo Suzuki 1, Jason Stam 1, Mark Novotny 2, Nozomu Yachie 3, Roger S. Lasken 2, Frederick P. Roth 3,4
1Department of Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute, 2Department of Microbial and Environmental Genomics, J. Craig Venter Institute, 3Donnelly Centre & Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 4Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mt Sinai Hospital

The Green Monster method enables the rapid assembly of multiple deletions marked with a reporter gene encoding green fluorescent protein. This method is based on driving yeast strains through repeated cycles of sexual assortment of deletions and fluorescence-based enrichment of cells carrying more deletions.

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