Controlled expression of the dominant flocculation genes FLO1, FLO5, and FLO11 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6041-6052

  Govender, Patrick ^a,b   Domingo, Jody L ^b   Bester, Michael C ^b   Pretorius, Isak S ^c   Bauer, Florian F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c AUSTRALIAN WINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; CLARIFICATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOCCULATION; FORMING; GENES; STRAIN; YEAST;

AND RECOVERIES; BIOFILM FORMATIONS; CELL WALLS; EFFICIENT; GENE COMBINATIONS; INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATIONS; INDUSTRIAL REQUIREMENTS; MOLECULAR STRATEGIES; NONINVASIVE; S. CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STABLE EXPRESSIONS; STARTER CULTURES; SUBSTRATE ADHESIONS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROLS; YEAST STRAINS;

FERMENTATION;

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 30; ADH2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; FLO1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; FLO5 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GLUCOSE; HSP30 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MANNOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUC1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

BIOFILM; FERMENTATION; FLOCCULATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; OPTIMIZATION; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLO1 GENE; FLO11 GENE; FLO5 GENE; FLOCCULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BIOFILMS; CELL WALL; FLOCCULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; HSP30 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MANNOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 54449098093     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00394-08     Document Type: Article

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