Characterization of the Aspergillus niger prtT, a unique regulator of extracellular protease encoding genes

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1591-1599

  Punt, Peter J ^a   Schuren, Frank H J ^a   Lehmbeck, Jan ^b   Christensen, Tove ^b   Hjort, Carsten ^b   van den Hondel, Cees A M J J ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AmdS selection; Aspergillus; Complementation; Cosmid library; Gene cloning; Protease mutants; Regulation; Self replicating vector; Upstream open reading frames; Zn2Cys6 finger protein

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COSMID; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRTT GENE; REGULATOR GENE; RNA SPLICING;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COSMIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 56049127329     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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