Use of the Aspergillus oryzae actin gene promoter in a novel reporter system for exploring antifungal compounds and their target genes

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1829-1840

  Marui, Junichiro ^a,b,d   Yoshimi, Akira ^a   Hagiwara, Daisuke ^a   Fujii Watanabe, Yoshimi ^a   Oda, Ken ^c   Koike, Hideaki ^b   Tamano, Koichi ^b   Ishii, Tomoko ^b   Sano, Motoaki ^c   MacHida, Masayuki ^b   Abe, Keietsu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Antifungal; Aspergillus oryzae; Cytoskeleton; Reporter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL USE; ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS; ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BACKGROUND NOISE; BENOMYL; CYTOSKELETAL STRESS; CYTOSKELETONS; DRUG-RESISTANT STRAINS; FLUORESCENT RESPONSE; FUSION GENES; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENE PROMOTER; LIPID METABOLISMS; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; MICROTUBULES; PATHOGENIC FUNGI; REPORTER SYSTEMS; TARGET GENES;

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; FUNGICIDES; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROTEINS; STRAIN; TARGETS;

FUNGI;

BENOMYL; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ACTIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; EMERGENCE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; INHIBITION; LIPID; METABOLISM; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN;

ACTB GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; FLUORESCENCE; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ACTINS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI;

EID: 77955552168     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2627-y     Document Type: Article

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