Isolation and characterisation of mutants from the halotolerant yeast Pichia sorbitophila defective in H+/glycerol symport activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 147-153

  Oliveira, Rui P ^a   Lages, Fernanda ^a   Lucas, Cândida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Glycerol uptake mutants; Halotolerance mutants; Pichia sorbitophila

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMYCETALES; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

EID: 0030245606     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00256-X     Document Type: Article

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