Medical Definition of Pasteur effect

1. Decrease in the rate of carbohydrate breakdown that occurs in yeast and other cells when switched from anaerobic to aerobic conditions. Results from a relatively slow flux of material through the biochemical pathways of respiration compared with those of fermentation. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasteur Effect

Pastafarian
Pastafarianism
Pastafarians
Pasternak
Pasteur
Pasteur's effect
Pasteur effect (current term)
Pasteur pipette
Pasteur pipettes
Pasteur vaccine
Pasteurella anatipestifer
Pasteurella novicida
Pasteurella pestis
Pasteurella pfaffii
Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis
Pasteurella septicaemiae
Pasteurella tularensis
Pasteurian
Pasteurism
Pastia
Pastia's sign

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