Characterisation of the gene cluster for l-rhamnose catabolism in the yeast Scheffersomyces (Pichia) stipitis

Gene

Volumn 492, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-185

  Koivistoinen, Outi M ^a   Arvas, Mikko ^a   Headman, Jennifer R ^b   Andberg, Martina ^a   Penttilä, Merja ^a   Jeffries, Thomas W ^b,c   Richard, Peter ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

L rhamnonate dehydratase; L rhamnose catabolism; Scheffersomyces stipitis

Indexed keywords

HYDROLYASE; RHAMNOSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PICHIA STIPITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, FUNGAL; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PICHIA; RHAMNOSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84355166535     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.031     Document Type: Article

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