Pyruvate decarboxylase: An indispensable enzyme for growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on glucose

Yeast

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-257

  Flikweert, Marcel T ^a   Van Der Zanden, Linda ^b   Janssen, Wouter M Th M ^a   Steensma, H Yde ^a,b   Van Dijken, Johannes P ^a   Pronk, Jack T ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetyl CoA; Metabolic compartmentation; Pyruvate decarboxylase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sugar metabolism

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCOSE; MUTATION; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029984511     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19960315)12:3<247::AID-YEA911>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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