Yeast : molecular and cell biology / edited by Horst Feldmann ; with contributions from Paola Branduardi [and others].

Print version record.

Revised edition of: Yeast / Horst Feldmann, c2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Yeast cell architecture and functions -- Yeast metabolism -- Yeast molecular techniques -- Yeast genetic structures and functions -- Gene families involved in cellular dynamics -- Yeast growth and the yeast cell cycle -- Yeast transport -- Yeast gene expression -- Molecular signaling cascades and gene regulation -- Yeast organellar biogenesis and function -- Yeast genome and postgenomic projects -- Disease genes in yeast -- Yeasts in biotechnology -- Hemiascomycetous yeasts -- Yeast evolutionary genomics -- Epilog : The future of yeast research.

" ... This book provides the essentials in a simple and easy to understand way, suitable for use as a primer for researchers new to this highly studied microbe, especially if coming to yeast from another organism ... very well referenced, providing both classic seminal studies as well as more recent publications, making it a useful text for those starting out in the field ..."--Phenotype.