Amino acid catabolism by an areA-regulated gene encoding an L-amino acid oxidase with broad substrate specificity in Aspergillus nidulans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3551-3555

  Davis, Meryl A ^a   Askin, Marion C ^a   Hynes, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENZYMES; FUNGI; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN;

CATABOLIC ENZYMES; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID OXIDASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSE; HISTIDINE; NITROGEN; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AREA GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATABOLISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGUS; GDHA GENE; GDHB GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; LAO GENE; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SARA GENE;

AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 22144480320     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.3551-3555.2005     Document Type: Article

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