Improvement of promoter activity by the introduction of multiple copies of the conserved region III sequence, involved in the efficient expression of Aspergillus oryzae amylase-encoding genes

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 459-467

  Minetoki, T ^a   Kumagai, C ^a   Gomi, K ^b   Kitamoto, K ^c   Takahashi, K ^b  

^a Ozeki Corporation   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BREWING   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; ISOMALTOSE; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STARCH; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION;

AMYLASES; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE;

EID: 0031795569     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051321     Document Type: Article

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