Revisiting yeast trehalose metabolism

Current Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-274

  Eleutherio, Elis ^a   Panek, Anita ^a   De Mesquita, Joelma Freire ^b   Trevisol, Eduardo ^a   Magalhães, Rayne ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agt1p; Ath1p; Nth1p; Tps1p; Trehalose metabolism; Trehalose 6 phosphate

Indexed keywords

TREHALOSE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MAMMAL CELL; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; YEAST;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; TREHALOSE; YEASTS;

EID: 84937977598     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-014-0450-1     Document Type: Article

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