Glycerol metabolism and transport in yeast and fungi: established knowledge and ambiguities

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 878-893

  Klein, Mathias ^a   Swinnen, Steve ^b   Thevelein, Johan M ^b,c,d   Nevoigt, Elke ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GlobalYeast NV   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL;

FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

FUNGI; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEASTS;

EID: 85011356024     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13617     Document Type: Review

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