Transcriptional control of ADH genes in the xylose-fermenting yeast Pichia stipitis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2363-2368

  Cho, Jae Yong ^b   Jeffries, Thomas W ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PICHIA STIPITIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

FUNGI; PICHIA STIPITIS;

EID: 0032976003     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2363-2368.1999     Document Type: Article

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