The Neurospora crassa cfp promoter drives a carbon source-dependent expression of transgenes in filamentous fungi

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1256-1264

  Temporini, E D ^a,b,c   Alvarez, M E ^b   Mautino, M R ^b,d   Folco, H D ^a   Rosa, A L ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NEWLINK GENETICS   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cfp; Gene expression; Glycolytic genes; Neurospora; Pyruvate decarboxylase; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ETHANOL; FUNGI; GLUCOSE;

CARBON SOURCE; CFP; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; GENES EXPRESSION; GLYCOLYTIC GENE; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; SUCROSE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 2542570176     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02249.x     Document Type: Article

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