SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saccharomyces cerevisiae mean? 

• SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE (noun)
  The noun SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE has 1 sense:

1. used as a leaven in baking and brewing

  Familiarity information: SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used as a leaven in baking and brewing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

baker's yeast; brewer's yeast; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Hypernyms ("Saccharomyces cerevisiae" is a kind of...):

yeast (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)

Holonyms ("Saccharomyces cerevisiae" is a member of...):

genus Saccharomyces; Saccharomyces (single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates)

 Context examples 

A vaccine containing a heat-killed recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast transfected with mutated forms of Ras, an oncogene frequently found in solid tumors, with potential immunostimulant and antitumor activity.

(GI-4000 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody present in a sample.

(Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

It is similar to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein Exo1 which interacts with Msh2 and which is involved in mismatch repair and recombination.

(Exonuclease 1, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

A cancer vaccine composed of a heat-killed, recombinant form of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that is genetically modified to express the transcription factor brachyury protein, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Brachyury-expressing Yeast Vaccine GI-6301, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody in a biological specimen.

(Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An injectable formulation of the polysaccharide beta 1,3/1,6 glucan derived from the cell wall of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(PGG Beta-Glucan, NCI Thesaurus)

A baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) containing high levels of the trace element selenium (Se) with potential chemopreventive, immunomodulating and antioxidant activities.

(High-Selenium Baker's Yeast, NCI Thesaurus)