Transcriptomic insights into the physiology of aspergillus niger approaching a specific growth rate of zero

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 5344-5355

  Jørgensen, Thomas R ^a,b,c   Nitsche, Benjamin M ^a   Lamers, Gerda E ^a   Arentshorst, Mark ^a,b   Van Den Hondel, Cees A ^a,b   Ram, Arthur F ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL CYCLE; CELL RETENTION; DOWN-REGULATION; DRY WEIGHT; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; GENES ENCODING; GROWTH YIELD; HIGH-FLOW RATE; HYDROLASES; NIGER; PRODUCT FORMATION; REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SECRETORY PATHWAYS; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; SPORE FORMATION; SUBSTRATE LIMITATION; TRANSCRIPTOMES; UP-REGULATION;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FUNGI; GENES; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSCRIPTION;

CELL CULTURE;

CULTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPORULATION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

CULTURE MEDIUM;

EID: 77955938379     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00450-10     Document Type: Article

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