The decarboxylation of the weak-acid preservative, sorbic acid, is encoded by linked genes in Aspergillus spp.

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 683-692

  Plumridge, Andrew ^a   Melin, Petter ^a,b   Stratford, Malcolm ^a   Novodvorska, Michaela ^a   Shunburne, Lee ^a   Dyer, Paul S ^a   Roubos, Johannes A ^c   Menke, Hildegard ^c   Stark, Jacques ^c   Stam, Hein ^c   Archer, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c DSM FOOD SPECIALTIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1,3 Pentadiene; Aspergillus; Cinnamic acid; Conidia; Decarboxylation; Gene regulation; Germination; Saccharomyces; Sorbic acid; Styrene

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; PHENYLACRYLIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE; PRESERVATIVE; SORBIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3-PENTADIENE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ALKADIENE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PENTANE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNTENY;

ALKADIENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBOXY-LYASES; DECARBOXYLATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; GENES, FUNGAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARABENS; PENTANES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SORBIC ACID; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 77954143053     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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