Hansenula polymorpha: an attractive model organism for molecular studies of peroxisome biogenesis and function.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb14068.x

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Hansenula polymorpha: an attractive model organism for molecular studies of peroxisome biogenesis and function.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Dec 1992

Veenhuis M, van der Klei I J, Titorenko V, Harder W

Abstract excerpt

In wild-type Hansenula polymorpha the proliferation of peroxisomes in induced by various unconventional carbon- and nitrogen sources. Highest induction levels, up to 80% of the cytoplasmic volume, are observed in cells grown in methanol-limited chemostat cultures. Based on our accumulated experie...

Topics

Fungal Proteins
Microbodies
Microscopy, Electron
Models, Biological
Mutation
Pichia

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