Ergosterol biosynthesis: A fungal pathway for life on land?

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2961-2968

  Dupont, Sebastien ^a   Lemetais, Guillaume ^a   Ferreira, Thierry ^b   Cayot, Philippe ^a   Gervais, Patrick ^a   Beney, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Ergosterol pathway; Evolution; Oxidation; Sterols; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; NITROGEN;

DEHYDRATION; ERGOSTEROL; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; LIPID; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; SIGNALING; SURVIVAL; WETTING;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DESICCATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DESICCATION; ERGOSTEROL; NITROGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84865740802     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01667.x     Document Type: Article

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