Functional survey for heterologous sugar transport proteins, using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a host

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3311-3319

  Young, Eric ^a   Poucher, Ashley ^a   Comer, Austin ^a   Bailey, Alexandra ^a   Alper, Hal ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCE; CELLULAR METABOLISM; COFERMENTATION; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; KEY PROCESS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE RANGE; SUGAR TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT CAPACITY; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRANSPORTER PROTEINS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

GENES; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; PROTEINS;

YEAST;

CARRIER PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEXOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSE;

ASSAY; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CATABOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROGENEITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; SURVEY; YEAST;

ARTICLE; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEXOSES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBOSE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 79958211835     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02651-10     Document Type: Article

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