No factors except for the hap complex increase the Taka-amylase a gene expression by binding to the CCAAT sequence in the promoter region

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2340-2342

  Kato, Masashi ^a   Naruse, Fumiko ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuo ^a   Tsukagoshi, Norihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylase; Aspergillus ssp; CCAAT; Hap complex

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

AMYLASE; CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HAPC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CCAAT-BINDING FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035488588     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.2340     Document Type: Article

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