Ammonium is toxic for aging yeast cells, inducing death and shortening of the chronological lifespan.

Here we show that in aging Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding yeast) cells, NH(4) (+) induces cell death associated with shortening of chronological life span. This effect is positively correlated with the concentration of NH(4) (+) added to the culture medium and is particularly evident when cells a...

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Main Authors: Júlia Santos, Maria João Sousa, Cecília Leão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3352862?pdf=render