Among developmental regulators, StuA but not BrlA is essential for penicillin v production in penicillium chrysogenum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 972-982

  Sigl, Claudia ^a   Haas, Hubertus ^b   Specht, Thomas ^a   Pfaller, Kristian ^b   Kürnsteiner, Hubert ^a   Zadra, Ivo ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; CONIDIATION; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; OVER-EXPRESSION; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; REGULATORY NETWORK; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SOLID MEDIA; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILING; WILD TYPES;

ECOLOGY; FUNGI; GENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

METABOLISM;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN V; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTICS; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 79551502989     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01557-10     Document Type: Article

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