The Rhizopus oryzae secreted aspartic proteinase gene family: An analysis of gene expression

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2355-2366

  Farley, Peter C ^a,b   Sullivan, Patrick A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Filamentous fungi; Nitrogen metabolism; Rhizopus oryzae; Secreted aspartic proteinase; Sulphar metabolism

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

EID: 0031692498     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-8-2355     Document Type: Article

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