The 'true' l-xylulose reductase of filamentous fungi identified in Aspergillus niger

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3540-3544

  Mojzita, Dominik ^a   Vuoristo, Kiira ^a   Koivistoinen, Outi M ^a   Penttilä, Merja ^a   Richard, Peter ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; EC 1.1.1.10; L Arabinose metabolism; L Xylulose; Pentose

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; XYLULOSE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ARABINOSE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; KINETICS; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XYLOSE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HYPOCREA JECORINA;

EID: 77955662065     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.06.037     Document Type: Article

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