Stochastic galactokinase expression underlies GAL gene induction in a GAL3 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

FEBS Journal

Volumn 281, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1798-1817

  Kar, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Qureshi, Mohd Tanvir ^a,b   Dasadhikari, Akshay Kumar ^a   Zahir, Taiyeb ^a   Venkatesh, Kareenhalli V ^a   Bhat, Paike Jayadeva ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bimodality; incomplete penetrance; long term adaptation; nongenetic heterogeneity; stochastic distribution

Indexed keywords

GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; HISTIDINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GAL GENE; GAL1 GENE; GAL2 GENE; GAL3 GENE; GAL4 GENE; GAL80 GENE; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRAIT; HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIMODALITY; INCOMPLETE PENETRANCE; LONG-TERM ADAPTATION; NONGENETIC HETEROGENEITY; STOCHASTIC DISTRIBUTION;

GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; HETEROZYGOTE; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84897556776     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12741     Document Type: Article

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