Regulation of carotenogenesis and secondary metabolism by nitrogen in wild-type Fusarium fujikuroi and carotenoid-overproducing mutants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 405-413

  Rodríguez Ortiz, Roberto ^a   Limón, M Carmen ^a   Avalos, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIKAVERIN PRODUCTIONS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOGENESIS; CAROTENOID ACCUMULATIONS; CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESES; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLIN PRODUCTIONS; KAURENE; NITROGEN STARVATIONS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; SECONDARY METABOLISMS; SYNTHASE; SYNTHASES; TERPENOID; WILD TYPES;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERS; PRODUCTION; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

NONMETALS;

CAROTENOID; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT EFFECT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PIGMENT;

CAROTENOIDS; ENZYMES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GIBBERELLINS; LIGHT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NITROGEN; XANTHONES;

FUNGI; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI;

EID: 58149394271     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01089-08     Document Type: Article

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