Molecular breeding of the mureka-non-forming sake koji mold from Aspergillus oryzae by the disruption of the mreA gene

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-44

  Kubodera, Takafumi ^a   Yamashita, Nobuo ^a   Nishimura, Akira ^a  

^a Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus oryzae; Gene disruption; mreA; Mureka; ptrA

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; GENES; PRODUCTION;

BREWING;

FUNGI;

ISOAMYL ALCOHOL OXIDASE; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; ISOVALERALDEHYDE; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MREA; PROTEIN PTRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BREWING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI; NAMA;

EID: 0037272399     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.95.40     Document Type: Article

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