title: Yeast survive by hedging their bets.
abstract: A new experimental approach reveals a bet hedging strategy in unstressed, clonal yeast cells, whereby they adopt a range of growth states that correlate with expression of a trehalose-synthesis regulator and predict resistance to future stress.
authors.affiliation: robin@nasw.org
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meadows
mesh_terms: D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D018869:Heat-Shock Response; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C532521:TSL1 protein, S cerevisiae