Macromolecular synthesis by yeasts under frozen conditions

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 589-596

  Amato, Pierre ^a,b   Doyle, Shawn ^b   Christner, Brent C ^b  

^a UAPV   (France)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; LEUCINE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; FREEZING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; YEAST;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FREEZING; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LEUCINE; YEASTS;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 61449147160     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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