An Evolutionarily Conserved Prion-like Element Converts Wild Fungi from Metabolic Specialists to Generalists

[GAR[superscript +]] is a protein-based element of inheritance that allows yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to circumvent a normal hallmark of their biology: extreme metabolic specialization for glucose fermentation. When glucose is present, even in trace quantities, yeast will not use other carbon...

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Main Authors: Jarosz, Daniel F., Lancaster, Alex K., Brown, Jessica Conrad, Lindquist, Susan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105721
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1307-882X