Aroma compounds provide attractiveness and variety to alcoholic beverages. We discuss
the molecular biology of a major subset of beer aroma volatiles, fruity and floral compounds …

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 …

Signaling pathways that activate different mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) elicit
many of the responses that are evoked in cells by changes in certain environmental …

Yeast cells possess a remarkable capacity to adhere to abiotic surfaces, cells and tissues.
These adhesion properties are of medical and industrial relevance. Pathogenic yeasts such …

Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that is found in the normal
gastrointestinal flora of most healthy humans. However, under certain environmental …

Fatty acids are essential compounds in the cell. Since the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
does not feed typically on fatty acids, cellular function and growth relies on endogenous …

Yeast cells sense the amount and quality of external nutrients through multiple
interconnected signaling networks, which allow them to adjust their metabolism …

Filamentous growth is a nutrient-regulated growth response that occurs in many fungal
species. In pathogens, filamentous growth is critical for host–cell attachment, invasion into …

The establishment of cell polarity is critical for the development of many organisms and for
the function of many cell types. A large number of studies of diverse organisms from yeast to …

The opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans is capable of adhering to the oral
mucosa despite forces created by salivary flow. Although many fungal adhesion proteins …