The heterotrimeric Gα protein Pga 1 regulates biosynthesis of penicillin, chrysogenin and roquefortine in Penicillium chrysogenum

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3567-3578

  García Rico, Ramón O ^a,b,c   Fierro, Francisco ^a,b,d   Mauriz, Elba ^a   Gómez, Ana ^a   Fernández Bodega, María Angeles ^a   Martín, Juan F ^a  

^a Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PAMPLONA   (Colombia)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOGENIN; DRUG METABOLITE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; MYCOTOXIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYKETIDE; ROQUEFORTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOMINANT GENE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; INDOLES; MUTATION; PENICILLINS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PIPERAZINES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 54949084693     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/019091-0     Document Type: Article

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