Isolation and characterization of two specific regulatory Aspergillus niger mutants shows antagonistic regulation of arabinan and xylan metabolism

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1183-1191

  de Groot, Marco J L ^a,b   van de Vondervoort, Peter J I ^a   de Vries, Ronald P ^a,c   vanKuyk, Patricia A ^a,d   Ruijter, George J G ^a,e   Visser, Jaap ^a,f  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Fungal Genet/Technology Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINITOL; ARABINOSE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ARAA; PROTEIN ARAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN; XYLULOSE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; WILD TYPE;

ARABINOSE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUGAR ALCOHOLS; XYLANS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0038530711     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25993-0     Document Type: Review

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