Every cell has developed mechanisms to respond to changes in its environmentand to adapt its growth and metabolism to unfavorable conditions. Theunicellular euk... » 

Every cell has developed mechanisms to respond to changes in its environmentand to adapt its growth and metabolism to unfavorable conditions. Theunicellular eukaryote yeast has long proven as a particularly useful modelsystem for the analysis of cellular stress responses and the completion of theyeast genome sequence has only added to its powerThis volume comprehensivelyreviews both the basic features of the yeast genral stress response and thespecific adapations to different stress types nutrient depletion osmotic andheat shock as well as salt and oxidative stress. It includes the latestfindings in the field and discusses the implications for the analysis of stressresponse mechanisms in higher eukaryotes as well. «