Repression of nitrogen catabolic genes by ammonia and glutamine in nitrogen-limited continuous cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1451-1462

  Ter Schure, Eelko G ^b   Silljé, Herman H W ^a   Vermeulen, Edgar E ^a   Kalhorn, Jan Willem ^a   Verkleij, Arie J ^a   Boonstra, Johannes ^a   Theo Verrips, C ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Glutamine; Nitrogen regulation; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATABOLISM; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031802337     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1451     Document Type: Article

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