Serum-induced hypha formation in the dimorphic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-12

  Kim, Janghwan ^a   Cheon, Seon Ah ^a   Park, Sehwan ^a   Song, Yunkyoung ^a   Kim, Jeong Yoon ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dimorphic transition; N acetylglucosamine; Serum; Yarrowia lipolytica

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SACCHAROMYCETALES; YEASTS;

EID: 0034284244     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00307-4     Document Type: Article

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