Genome-wide expression analyses: Metabolic adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to high sugar stress

DJ Erasmus, GK van der Merwe… - FEMS yeast …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The transcriptional response of laboratory strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to salt or
sorbitol stress has been well studied. These studies have yielded valuable data on how the …

Impact of yeast strain on the production of acetic acid, glycerol, and the sensory attributes of icewine

DJ Erasmus, M Cliff… - American Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Enol Viticulture
High concentrations of volatile acids, consisting mainly of acetic acid, are often found in
icewine. Wine yeasts produce acetic acid as a by-product of the hyperosmotic stress response …

Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to minimize the production of ethyl carbamate in wine

…, A Lonvaud, DJ Erasmus… - … Journal of Enology …, 2006 - Am Soc Enol Viticulture
Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolizes arginine, one of the major amino acids in grape
musts, to ornithine and urea during wine fermentations. Wine yeast strains of S. cerevisiae do …

Assessing the engagement, learning, and overall experience of students operating an atomic absorption spectrophotometer with remote access technology

DJ Erasmus, SE Brewer, B Cinel - Biochemistry and Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The use of internet‐based technologies in the teaching of laboratories has emerged as a
promising education tool. This study evaluated the effectiveness of using remote access …

DNA barcoding: A different perspective to introducing undergraduate students to DNA sequence analysis

DJ Erasmus - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Education in biochemistry teaching laboratories focus primarily on applying biochemical
techniques to understanding human disease, biochemistry, and biotechnology. With …

Genetic basis for osmosensitivity and genetic instability of the wine yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae VIN7

DJ Erasmus, HJJ Van Vuuren - American journal of enology …, 2009 - Am Soc Enol Viticulture
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is exposed to sugar-induced osmotic stress in fermenting grape
must. As part of the osmotic stress response, yeast strains display different phenotypes for …

Adjuvants and volatility of hormone herbicides

CL Schubert, DJ Erasmus, LP Van Dyk… - Pesticide …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to develop a rapid and reliable method for detecting the effect of
adjuvants on the volatility of herbicides and to assess the efficacy of locally available adjuvants…

[HTML][HTML] DNA barcode-based survey of Trichoptera in the Crooked River reveals three new species records for British Columbia

DJ Erasmus, EA Yurkowski, DPW Huber - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Anthropogenic pressures on aquatic systems have placed a renewed focus on biodiversity
of aquatic macroinvertebrates. By combining classical taxonomy and DNA barcoding we …

Determining diets for fishes (Actinopterygii) from a small interior British Columbia, Canada stream: a comparison of morphological and molecular approaches

…, AM Flores, MD Schwarzfeld, DJ Erasmus… - The Canadian …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Analysis of food webs is important for defining functional components of ecosystems, but
dietary data are often difficult to obtain and coarsely characterised. We compared three …

Eight new provincial species records of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) from one Arctic watershed river in British Columbia

DPW Huber, CM Shrimpton, DJ Erasmus - Western North American …, 2019 - BioOne
. We repeatedly sampled 8 sites on the Crooked River in British Columbia's Arctic watershed
for adult and nymph mayflies (Ephemeroptera) over the course of 2 years. Using taxonomic …