Characterization and overexpression of the Aspergillus niger gene encoding the cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1211-1220

  Bencina, Mojca ^a,b   Panneman, Henk ^a   Ruijter, George J G ^a   Legiša, Matic ^b   Visser, Jaap ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; cAMP dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit; Defective sporulation; PKA C overexpression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLYCEROL; MESSENGER RNA; TREHALOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0030927208     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1211     Document Type: Article

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