"Crabtree effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Crabtree effects [plural]
Etymology: Named after biologist Herbert Grace Crabtree, whose study of the carbohydrate metabolism of tumours led the discovery of the effect. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Crabtree effect (plural Crabtree effects)
  1. (biochemistry) The phenomenon whereby the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, produces ethanol in aerobic conditions at high external glucose concentrations rather than aerobically producing biomass via the tricarboxylic acid cycle as it's common in most yeasts. Categories (topical): Biochemistry

Inflected forms

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