Functional analysis of promoter sequences of cephalosporin C biosynthesis genes from Acremonium chrysogenum: Specific DNA-protein interactions and characterization of the transcription factor PACC

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 508-518

  Schmitt, E K ^a   Kempken, R ^a   Kuck U ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acremonium chrysogenum; PACC; Promoter analysis; Zinc finger transcription Factor; Lactam biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CEPHALOSPORIN C; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACREMONIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, REPORTER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTAMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0035042662     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380000439     Document Type: Article

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