Less Cell Damages in Engineered Yeast (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

Less Cell Damages in Engineered Yeast

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In regular yeast (the left-hand images), the secretion of proteins is hampered by harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by the yeast. The lower image shows these as fluorescent areas, which indicate cell damage. In the modified yeast (right) protein production is improved.

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Mingtao Huang/Chalmers

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