sensitive to mercaptoethanol
A phenotype observed in the vegetative growth phase of the life cycle in which cells show increased sensitivity to mercaptoethanol. Cells stop growing (and may die) at a concentration of mercaptoethanol that allows wild type cells to grow.
FYPO:0000127
increased sensitivity to chemical during vegetative growth
is_a
hypersensitive to mercaptoethanol
exact
sensitive to 2-sulfanylethanol
exact
sensitive to mercaptoethanol during mitotic cell cycle
related
sensitive to mercaptoethanol during vegetative growth
exact