Characterization of a barotolerant mutant of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Importance of trehalose content and membrane fluidity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-101

  Fujii, Shinsuke ^a   Iwahashi, Hitoshi ^b   Obuchi, Kaoru ^b   Fujii, Takaaki ^a   Komatsu, Yasuhiko ^b,c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barotolerance; Hydrostatic pressure; Membrane fluidity; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRESS;

EID: 0030585813     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00204-2     Document Type: Article

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