Atomic force microscopic study of the effects of ethanol on yeast cell surface morphology

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 308-315

  Canetta, Elisabetta ^a   Adya, Ashok K ^a   Walker, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFM; Atomic force microscopy; Cell morphology; Cell physiology; Ethanol stress; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST CELL;

CELL MEMBRANE; ETHANOL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 33645047385     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2005.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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