Crawler, a novel Tc1/mariner-type transposable element in Aspergillus oryzae transposes under stress conditions

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 441-449

  Ogasawara, Hironobu ^a,b   Obata, Hiroshi ^c   Hata, Yoji ^c   Takahashi, Saori ^b   Gomi, Katsuya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Forestry and Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

^c Gekkeikan Sake Company Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus oryzae; DNA transposon; Excision; Stress response; Transposition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COPPER SULFATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEAT SHOCK; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSPOSASES;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

EID: 67349142637     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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