Expression profile of amylolytic genes in Aspergillus nidulans

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2363-2370

  Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Maeda, Yuki ^a   Tanoue, Nami ^a   Makita, Tomohiro ^a   Kato, Masashi ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylase; AmyR; Aspergillus nidulans; Carbon starvation; CreA

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GENES; RNA;

AMYLASE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON STARVATION;

FUNGI;

AMYLASE; CARBON; CREATINASE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; HYDROLASE; ISOMALTOSE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYLASES; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSIDASES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; ISOMALTOSE; RNA, MESSENGER; UREOHYDROLASES;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 33750466196     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.50694     Document Type: Article

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