Characterization of AnRP-mediated negative regulation of the xylanase gene, cgxA, from Chaetomium gracile in Aspergillus nidulans

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-63

  Rao, U ^a   Kato, M ^a   Kobayashi, T ^a   Tsukagoshi, Norihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AnRP; AnRP titration; CreA; XlnR; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; GENE EXPRESSION;

ANRP; ANRP TITRATION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING SEQUENCE; CREA; GENES EXPRESSION; IN-VIVO; SPECIFIC BINDING; XLNR; XYLANASES;

TITRATION;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANRP; PROTEIN CGXA; PROTEIN CREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GRACILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRESSOR GENE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GRACILE; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0037216286     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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