Ethanol-induced water stress in yeast

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-137

  Hallsworth, John E ^a  

^a SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compatible solutes; Ethanol toxicity; Gene expression; Glycerol; Microbial ecology; Osmotic stress; Trehalose; Water activity; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; GLYCEROL; TOXICITY;

GENE EXPRESSION; TREHALOSE; WATER STRESS;

YEAST;

ALCOHOL; GLYCEROL; TREHALOSE; WATER;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL METABOLISM; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDRATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WATER CONTENT; YEAST;

EID: 0031957626     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)86756-6     Document Type: Review

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