The global regulator LaeA controls penicillin biosynthesis, pigmentation and sporulation, but not roquefortine C synthesis in Penicillium chrysogenum

Biochimie

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-225

  Kosalková, Katarina ^a   García Estrada, Carlos ^a   Ullán, Ricardo V ^a   Godio, Ramiro P ^a   Feltrer, Raúl ^a   Teijeira, Fernando ^b   Mauriz, Elba ^a   Martín, Juan Francisco ^a,b  

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

^b Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas Y Ambientales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global regulator LaeA; P. chrysogenum; Penicillin genes; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PIGMENTATION; PIPERAZINES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 58549084975     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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