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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Elsevier
2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105721 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1307-882X |