Molecular cloning and characterization of the global regulator LaeA in Penicillium citrinum

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1733-1737

  Xing, Wei ^a   Deng, Chao ^b   Hu, Chang Hua ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cloning; Global regulator LaeA; Mevastatin; Penicillium citrinum

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL REGULATOR LAEA; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; MEVASTATIN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS;

CLONING;

COMPACTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEVINOLIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PENICILLIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LOVASTATIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PENICILLIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

PENICILLIUM CITRINUM;

EID: 77957947578     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0375-9     Document Type: Article

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