%0 Journal Article %A Mcgoldrick, Eamon M. %A Wheals, Alan E. %T Controlling the Growth Rate of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells Using the Glucose Analogue D-Glucosamine %D 1989 %J Microbiology, %V 135 %N 9 %P 2407-2411 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-135-9-2407 %I Microbiology Society, %X By using competition between glucose and its analogue d-glucosamine, we have produced a system in which it is possible to vary the steady-state growth rate of populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells without otherwise altering the composition of the medium or significantly affecting catabolite repression. We demonstrate that d-glucosamine inhibits the accumulation of glucose derived label and the phosphorylation of glucose by hexokinase (EC 2.7.1.1). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-135-9-2407