Coregulation of starch degradation and dimorphism in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 405-435

  Vivier, Melané A ^a   Lambrechts, Marius G ^a   Pretorius, Isak S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glucoamylases; Invasive growth; Nutrient sensing; Pseudohyphal formation; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUCIN; STARCH; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL INVASION; DEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

EID: 0030698386     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10409239709082675     Document Type: Review

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