Depression of the xylanase-encoding cgxA gene of Chaetomium gracile in Aspergillus nidulans

Microbiological Research

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-376

  Mimura, Satoshi ^a   Rao, Uma ^a   Yoshino, Shoko ^a   Kato, Masashi ^a   Tsukagoshi, Norihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niduIans; Chaetomium gracile; TTGACAAAT; Xylanase A gene repressor like protein (AnRP)

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; PROMOTER REGION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHAETOMIUM GRACILE;

EID: 0033059551     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(99)80052-4     Document Type: Article

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