Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase A affects citrate accumulation by Aspergillus niger under conditions of high glycolytic flux

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-83

  Arisan Atac, Inci ^a,b   Wolschek, Markus F ^a   Kubicek, Christian P ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Citrate accumulation; Trehalose 6 phosphate

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GLYCOLYSIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029974816     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00164-4     Document Type: Article

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