Physiological and genetic characterisation of osmosensitive mutants of Saccharomyes cerevisiae

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-105

  Brüning, Adrian R N E ^a,b   Bauer, Jürgen ^b   Krems, Bernhard ^b   Entian, Karl Dieter ^b   Prior, Bernard A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Complementation group; Glycerol; Mutant; Osmosis; Solute; Yeast

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CELL DIVISION; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; MUTAGENESIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0031813802     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050620     Document Type: Article

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