Characterization and expression analysis of a gene cluster for nitrate assimilation from the yeast Arxula adeninivorans

Yeast

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-93

  Böer, Erik ^a   Schröter, Anja ^a   Bode, Rüdiger ^b   Piontek, Michael ^c   Kunze, Gotthard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c ARTES Biotechnology GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arxula adeninivorans; Nitrate assimilation; Nitrate reductase; Nitrate transporter; Nitrite reductase; Yeast

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PHYTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS;

ARTICLE; ARXULA ADENINIVORANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; YEAST; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SACCHAROMYCES;

ARXULA ADENINIVORANS; DEKKERA BRUXELLENSIS; KLEBSIELLA SP.; PICHIA ANGUSTA; PICHIA ANOMALA;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 62849119350     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: 10970061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1653     Document Type: Article

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