N-acetylglucosamine utilization by Saccharomyces cerevisiae based on expression of Candida albicans NAG genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5840-5845

  Wendland, Jürgen ^a,b   Schaub, Yvonne ^b,c   Walther, Andrea ^a,b  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATABOLIC PATHWAY; CELLULAR FUNCTION; DEACETYLASE; GLUCOSAMINES; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PARALOGS; PATHWAY GENES; RENEWABLE CARBON SOURCES; S.CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLE CARBON SOURCE;

BIOETHANOL; CHITIN; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES; YEAST;

GENES;

ALCOHOL; CHITIN; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; YEAST;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON SOURCE; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NAG GENE; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 70149099778     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00053-09     Document Type: Article

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