CreA mediates repression of the regulatory gene xlnR which controls the production of xylanolytic enzymes in Aspergillus nidulans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 984-993

  Tamayo, Elsy N ^a   Villanueva, Adela ^a   Hasper, Alinda A ^b   Graaff, Leo H de ^b   Ramón, Daniel ^a   Orejas, Margarita ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; CreA; Transcriptional cascade; xlnR; Zn2Cys6

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XYLOSIDASES;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 43049168768     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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