Incidence and formation of petite mutants in lager brewing yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae (Syn. S. Pastorianus) populations

Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-80

  Jenkins, Cheryl L ^a   Lawrence, Stephen J ^b   Kennedy, Alan I ^c   Thurston, Pat ^d   Hodgson, Jeff A ^e   Smart, Katherine A ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Interbrew   (Belgium)

^d Royal Brewery   (United Kingdom)

^e Scottish and Newcastle UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA; Petite mutant; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Stress

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 67650895406     PISSN: 03610470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/ASBCJ-2009-0212-01     Document Type: Article

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