YEAST TRAC SERVICE
Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a highly important model organism in modern cell biology research, and it is one of the most intensively studied eukaryotic microorganisms. Most common industrial use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae includes baking, fermenting of alcoholic beverages, and production of ethanol for biofuel industry. S. cerevisiae is also widely used to gain information of the biology of the eukaryotic cell and ultimately human biology. Other species of yeast, such as Pichia pastoris, are widely used as a host for production of proteins.
TRAC has been used extensively in yeast research e.g. to monitor fermentation processes, metabolism studies, validating effects of gene repair, and to monitor recombinant protein production related stress in S. cerevisiae, S. carlsbergensis and P. pastoris.
The Plexpress Yeast TRAC Service offers the following advantages over alternative methods:
- Multiplex measurement of up to 30 gene markers in crude yeast lysates
- No cDNA conversion required
- Degradation of RNA avoided, high reproducibility with CVs below 10%
- Multiple housekeeping genes available for use in the same assay
- Libraries available for Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris genes with customization option (e.g. for recombinant genes)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes
