A short review on the role of glutathione in the response of yeasts to nutritional, environmental, and oxidative stresses

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 2000, Pages 737-742

  Penninckx, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Environmental stress; Glutathione; Glutathione peroxidase; Glutathione S transferases; Nutritional stress; Oxidative stress; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GLYCEROL; GROWTH KINETICS; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YEAST;

DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASES; NUTRITIONAL STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; METHANOL; METHYLGLYOXAL;

CELL METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STARVATION; STRESS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034213330     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(00)00165-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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