Extracellular pH affects regulation of the pcbAB gene in Penicillium chrysogenum

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 250-254

  Chu, Y W ^a   Renno, D ^a   Saunders, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PH; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0030894955     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050922     Document Type: Article

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