Isolation of four pepsin-like protease genes from Aspergillus niger and analysis of the effect of disruptions on heterologous laccase expression

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-27

  Wang, Yongchao ^a   Xue, Wei ^a   Sims, Andrew H ^b   Zhao, Chuntian ^a   Wang, Aoquan ^a   Tang, Guomin ^a   Qin, Junchuan ^c   Wang, Huaming ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Disruption; Heterologous laccase expression; Pepsin like protease

Indexed keywords

LACCASE; PEPSIN A; PROTEIN PEPAA; PROTEIN PEPAB; PROTEIN PEPAC; PROTEIN PEPAD; PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; LACCASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPSIN A; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; TALAROMYCES EMERSONII;

EID: 36048998254     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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