MrflbA, encoding a putative FlbA, is involved in aerial hyphal development and secondary metabolite production in Monascus ruber M-7

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-233

  Yang, Yishan ^c   Li, Li ^c   Li, Xin ^c   Shao, Yanchun ^a,c   Chen, Fusheng ^a,b,c  

^a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Food Safety Evaluation of the Ministry of Agriculture   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citrinin; Monascus ruber; Morphology; Pigment; Regulator of G protein signalling

Indexed keywords

CITRININ; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID; COLONY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; SPORE; SPORULATION; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONASCUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CITRININ; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONASCUS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; MONASCUS RUBER; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84856363435     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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