The abfB gene encoding the major α-L-arabinofuranosidase of Aspergillus nidulans: Nucleotide sequence, regulation and construction of a disrupted strain

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 735-741

  Gielkens, Marco ^a   González Candelas, Luis ^b   Sánchez Torres, Paloma ^b   Van De Vondervoort, Peter ^a   De Graaff, Leo ^a   Visser, Jaap ^a   Ramón, Daniel ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Gene disruption; Gene regulation; L arabinofuranosidase

Indexed keywords

ARABINITOL; ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA REESEI;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; HYPOCREA JECORINA; HYPOCREA KONINGII; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0033056847     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-3-735     Document Type: Article

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