Acquisition of flocculation phenotype by Kluyveromyces marxianus when overexpressing GAP1 gene encoding an isoform of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 433-440

  Almeida, Catarina ^a,b,c   Queirós, Odília ^a,d   Wheals, Alan ^e   Teixeira, José ^b   Moradas Ferreira, Pedro ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^d Instituto Superior de Ciências   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flocculation; Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; Kluyveromyces

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLOCCULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GAP 1 GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST CELL;

KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; VECTORS;

EID: 0141643380     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(03)00189-1     Document Type: Article

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