The TORC1–Sch9–Rim15 signaling pathway represses yeast-to-hypha transition in response to glycerol availability in the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 553-567

  Liang, Shu Heng ^a   Wu, Heng ^a   Wang, Rui Rui ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Shu, Tao ^a   Gao, Xiang Dong ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE RIM15; PROTEIN KINASE SCH9; PROTEIN KINASE TORC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MECHANISTIC TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE; MHY1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; YARROWIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HYPHAE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YARROWIA;

EID: 85014878843     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13645     Document Type: Article

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