The specific transport system for lysine is fully inhibited by ammonium in Penicillium chrysogenum: An ammonium-insensitive system allows uptake in carbon-starved cells

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-100

  Bañuelos, Oscar ^a   Casqueiro, Javier ^b   Gutiérrez, Santiago ^a,b   Riaño, Jorge ^a,b   Martín, Juan F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonium regulation; Basic amino acids; Carbon derepression; Lysine transport; Penicillum chrysogenum

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARGININE; CARBON; LYSINE; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; SUGAR;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; LYSINE; MUTATION; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0343415134     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002427916923     Document Type: Article

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