Biotechnology for Biofuels

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Genome-wide screening of the genes required for tolerance to vanillin, which is a potential inhibitor of bioethanol fermentation, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Ayako Endo, Toshihide Nakamura, Akira Ando, Ken Tokuyasu and Jun Shima*

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National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan

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Biotechnology for Biofuels 2008, 1:3 doi:10.1186/1754-6834-1-3

Published: 15 April 2008

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Additional file 1:

Gene deletions associated with sensitivity to vanillin. This list shows the vanillin sensitivity of the deletion mutants.

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Additional file 2:

Cross-sensitivity of vanillin-sensitive mutants to various inhibitors. This list shows the cross-sensitivity of the vanillin-sensitive mutants to various fermentation inhibitors.

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