Research Reveals How Yeast Spores Exit Dormancy to Grow Vegetatively

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Yeast spores are exceptionally resistant to stress due to their dormancy, but how do they exit this state? This study shows how these cells transform the biophysical properties of their cytoplasm and proteome to return to vegetative growth.

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Article Title: Breaking spore dormancy in budding yeast transforms the cytoplasm and the solubility of the proteome

Author Countries: Canada

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