Carbon repression in Aspergilli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-114

  Ruijter, George J G ^a   Visser, Jaap ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Carbon repression; Cyclic AMP; Glucose; Hexokinase

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYCLIC AMP; HEXOKINASE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 0030739496     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00161-4     Document Type: Review

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