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Glucose-dependent cell size is regulated by a G protein-coupled receptor system in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Mar 2005
Tamaki Hisanori, Yun Cheol-Won, Mizutani Tomohiro, Tsuzuki Takahiro, Takagi Yukinobu, Shinozaki Makiko, Kodama Yukiko, Shirahige Katsuhiko, Kumagai Hidehiko
Abstract excerpt
In the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cell size is affected by the kind of carbon source in the medium. Here, we present evidence that the Gpr1 receptor and Gpa2 Galpha subunit are required for both maintenance and modulation of cell size in response to glucose. In the presence of glucose, mutants lacking GPR1 or GPA2 gene showed smaller cells than the wild-type strain. Physiological studies revealed that...
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