Aspergillus oryzae atfA controls conidial germination and stress tolerance

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 887-897

  Sakamoto, Kazutoshi ^a,c   Iwashita, Kazuhiro ^a   Yamada, Osamu ^a   Kobayashi, Ken ^a   Mizuno, Akihiro ^a   Akita, Osamu ^b   Mikami, Shigeaki ^a   Shimoi, Hitoshi ^a   Gomi, Katsuya ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BREWING   (Japan)

^b JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus oryzae; ATF CREB; atfA; atfB; catA; Catalase; GeneChip; Germination; Microarray analysis; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ATFA PROTEIN; ATFB PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCEROL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CATALASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLYCEROL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREHALOSE;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE;

EID: 70350375271     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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