Unique regulatory mechanism for D-galactose utilization in Aspergillus nidulans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 7084-7087

  Christensen, Ulla ^a,f   Gruben, Birgit S ^b   Madrid, Susan ^a,c   Mulder, Harm ^a,d   Nikolaev, Igor ^a,d   De Vries, Ronald P ^b,e  

^a DANISCO A S   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d Genencor   (Netherlands)

^e CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^f JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; D-GALACTOSE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE IDENTITY;

ASPERGILLUS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS;

EID: 82955237770     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05290-11     Document Type: Article

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