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Characterization of stress processes of Phaffia rhodozyma stress-resistant mutant.
Acta biologica Hungarica - 1 Jun 2011
Horváth E, Papp G, Gazdag Z, Belágyi J, Blaskó A, Deli J, Vágvölgyi Cs, Pesti M
Abstract excerpt
A carotenoid-less Phaffia rhodozyma mutant (MCP 325) exhibited significantly higher resistance to oxidative stressors such as menadione, H2O2 and K2Cr2O7 than its astaxanthin-producing parental strain (MCP 324). The absence of carotenoids in the mutant did not explain this phenomenon. The cause of the decreased superoxide, hydroxyl radical and glutathione contents, the increased peroxide concentration and the...
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