The Aspergillus fumigatus cellobiohydrolase B (cbhB) promoter is tightly regulated and can be exploited for controlled protein expression and RNAi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 246-254

  Bromley, Michael ^a   Gordon, Caroline ^a   Rovira Graells, Nuría ^a   Oliver, Jason ^a  

^a F2G LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; cbhB; Cellobiohydrolase; Promoter; RNAi

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELLULOSE 1,4-BETA-CELLOBIOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA INTERFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 33750358319     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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