The ability to adapt to altered availability of free water is a fundamental property of living
cells. The principles underlying osmoadaptation are well conserved. The yeast …

Organisms are constantly exposed to a wide range of environmental changes, including
both short-term changes during their lifetime and longer-term changes across generations …

The eukaryotic heat shock response is an ancient and highly conserved transcriptional
program that results in the immediate synthesis of a battery of cytoprotective genes in the …

An appropriate response and adaptation to hyperosmolarity, ie., an external osmolarity that
is higher than the physiological range, can be a matter of life or death for all cells. It is …

The tolerance responses of plants to many abiotic stresses are conjectured to be controlled
by complex gene networks. In the frame of the AtGenExpress project a comprehensive …

Acetyl-CoA is a key intermediate situated at the intersection of many metabolic pathways.
The reliance of histone acetylation on acetyl-CoA enables the coordination of gene …

Poikilothermic organisms are exposed to frequent changes in environmental conditions and
their survival depends on their ability to acclimate to such changes. Changes in ambient …

Eukaryotic genomes are packaged into nucleosomes whose position and chemical
modification state can profoundly influence regulation of gene expression. We profiled …

Natural habitats of some microorganisms may fluctuate erratically, whereas others, which
are more predictable, offer the opportunity to prepare in advance for the next environmental …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is traditionally used for alcoholic beverage and bioethanol
production; however, its performance during fermentation is compromised by the impact of …