Overexpression of ADH1 confers hyper-resistance to formaldehyde in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 437-440

  Grey, Martin ^a   Schmidt, Martin ^a   Brendel, Martin ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Formaldehyde; Hyper resistance; Yeast

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALLYL ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE; PROPANOL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

1-PROPANOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FORMALDEHYDE; GENES, FUNGAL; PHENOTYPE; PROPANOLS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030118584     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02221511     Document Type: Article

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