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Sterol dependent growth and ethanol tolerance of a sterol-auxotrophicerg9::HIS3 mutant ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae

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A 3-fold rise in the ergosterol level of growing and stationary cells of theerg9::HIS3 Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant grown at various concentrations of ergosterol resulted in a higher ethanol tolerance measured as the survival rate at 5 or 15% (V/V) ethanol. A similar protective effect was observed with cholesterol.

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  1. Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videňská 1083, 142 20, Prague 4, Czech Republic

    Čeněk Novotný

  2. I.B.M.I.G., Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022, Poitiers Cedex, France

    Francis Karst

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Novotný, Č., Karst, F. Sterol dependent growth and ethanol tolerance of a sterol-auxotrophicerg9::HIS3 mutant ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae . Biotechnol Lett 16, 539–542 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01023340

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