Polygenic analysis and targeted improvement of the complex trait of high acetic acid tolerance in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Meijnen, Jean Paul ^a,b   Randazzo, Paola ^a,b   Foulquié Moreno, María R ^a,b   Van Den Brink, Joost ^c   Vandecruys, Paul ^a,b   Stojiljkovic, Marija ^a,b   Dumortier, Françoise ^a,b   Zalar, Polona ^d   Boekhout, Teun ^c   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^d,e   Kokošar, Janez ^f   Štajdohar, Miha ^d,f   Curk, Tomaž ^d   Petrovič, Uroš ^g   Thevelein, Johan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins   (Slovenia)

^f doo   (Slovenia)

^g JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acetic acid tolerance; Bioethanol production; Inbreeding; Polygenic analysis; Pooled segregant whole genome sequence analysis; QTL mapping; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIOETHANOL; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA SEQUENCES; ETHANOL; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAPPING; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH;

ACID TOLERANCE; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; INBREEDING; POLYGENIC ANALYSIS; QTL MAPPING; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCES;

YEAST;

ACETIC ACID; CELLULOSE; ETHANOL; GENOME; INHIBITOR; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84954025882     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0421-x     Document Type: Article

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