Glucose dependent transcriptional expression of the cre1 gene in Acremonium chrysogenum strains showing different levels of cephalosporin C production

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 388-395

  Jekosch, K ^a   Kuck U ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acremonium chrysogenum; Cephalosporin C biosynthesis; CRE1; Glucose repression

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN C; GLUCOSE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHODERMA REESEI;

ACREMONIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0343673397     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940000121     Document Type: Article

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