Production of the homologous pectin lyase B protein in six genetically defined protease-deficient Aspergillus niger mutant strains

Current Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-81

  Van Den Hombergh, J P T W ^a   Fraissinet Tachet, L ^a,b   Van De Vondervoort, P J I ^a   Visser, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Pectin lyase B; Protease gene expression; Protease deficient mutants

Indexed keywords

LYASE; PECTIN; PROTEINASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENES, FUNGAL; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0030773114     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050250     Document Type: Article

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