Effect of deletion of chitin synthase genes on mycelial morphology and culture viscosity in Aspergillus oryzae

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 525-534

  Müller, Christian ^a   Hansen, Kim ^b   Szabo, Peter ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Chitin; Image analysis; Morphology; Rheology

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHITIN; FERMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; VISCOSITY;

DELETION;

GENES;

CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; FLOW KINETICS; GENE DELETION; MORPHOLOGY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PH;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOREACTORS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPHAE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYCELIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISCOSITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE;

EID: 0346667098     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10491     Document Type: Article

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