Are yeasts free-living unicellular eukaryotes?
Yeasts are defined as unicellular fungi, yet many recent observations suggest their whole lifestyle is anything but unicellular. This review surveys the evidence that yeasts are really social organisms with cell-to-cell communication.
Dickinson
J R
JR
Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK. dickinson@cardiff.ac.uk
D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*