Presence of glucosylceramide in yeast and its relation to alkali tolerance of yeast

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 515-521

  Saito, Katsuichi ^a   Takakuwa, Naoya ^a   Ohnishi, Masao ^b   Oda, Yuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YEAST;

EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLCERAMIDE; PHYLOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ALKALI; CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; LIPID;

ALKALINITY; EUKARYOTE; LIPID; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GLYCOSYLATION; KLUYVEROMYCES; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; YEAST;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DNA, FUNGAL; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YEASTS;

EUKARYOTA; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; SPHINGOIDEA;

EID: 33745946667     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0187-3     Document Type: Article

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