Identification of Mga1, a G-protein α-subunit gene involved in regulating citrinin and pigment production in Monascus ruber M7

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-114

  Li, Li ^a   Shao, Yanchun ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Yang, Sha ^a   Chen, Fusheng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citrinin; G protein subunit; Monascus ruber; Pigment

Indexed keywords

CITRININ; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MONASCUS G PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; PIGMENT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MONASCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE STRAIN; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CITRININ; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONASCUS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FUNGI; MONASCUS; MONASCUS RUBER;

EID: 77953520242     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01992.x     Document Type: Article

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