Pyruvate decarboxylase and anaerobic survival in Aspergillus nidulans

Gene

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-67

  Lockington, Robin A ^a   Borlace, Glenn N ^a   Kelly, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADH III; Anaerobic stress; areA; Nitrogen regulation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ALLELE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030918362     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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