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    Curr Biol. 2008 Jan 8;18(1):R25-7.

    Transcription: a mechanism for short-term memory.

    Ptashne M.

    Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 595, New York, New York 10021, USA. m-ptashne@ski.mskcc.org

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    Yeast growing for a considerable time in glucose 'remember' a previous exposure to galactose, the inducer of its galactose-utilization (GAL) genes. This memory is conveyed by a cytoplasmically transmitted galactokinase working as a signal transducer.

    PMID: 18177708 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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