Auxotrophic mutations reduce tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to very high levels of ethanol stress

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 884-897

  Swinnen, Steve ^a,b   Goovaerts, Annelies ^a,b   Schaerlaekens, Kristien ^a,b   Dumortier, Françoise ^a,b   Verdyck, Pieter ^a,b   Souvereyns, Kris ^a,b   Zeebroeck, Griet Van ^b   Foulquié Moreno, María R ^a,b   Thevelein, Johan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACIDS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ETHANOL; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84940671373     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00053-15     Document Type: Article

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