Identification, cloning and analysis of the Aspergillus niger gene pacC, a wide domain regulatory gene responsive to ambient pH

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-374

  MacCabe, Andrew P ^a,c   Van Den Hombergh, Johannes P T W ^a   Tilburn, Joan ^b   Arst Jr , Herbert N ^b   Visser, Jaap ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; pacC; pH regulation; Zinc fingers

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0029986859     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050087     Document Type: Article

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