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Bicarbonate-mediated social communication stimulates meiosis and sporulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Yeast (Chichester, England) - 1 May 1998
Ohkuni K, Hayashi M, Yamashita I
Abstract excerpt
Meiosis and sporulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires social communication, mediated by an extracellular factor which is secreted from cells during sporulation and accumulates in a cell density-dependent manner. We show here genetic and biochemical analyses supporting our conclusion that the extracellular factor is bicarbonate acting as an alkali to elevate extracellular pH. Sporulation defects...
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