Molecular characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans fbxA encoding an F-box protein involved in xylanase induction

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-140

  Colabardini, Ana Cristina ^b   Humanes, Ana Carolina ^b   Gouvea, Paula Fagundes ^b   Savoldi, Marcela ^b   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^b   Kress, Marcia Regina von Zeska ^b   Bayram, Özgür ^c   Oliveira, Juliana Velasco de Castro ^a   Gomes, Marcelo Damário ^b   Braus, Gerhard H ^c   Goldman, Gustavo Henrique ^a,b  

^a BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Catabolite repression; CreA; F box proteins; XlnR; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; F BOX PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; S PHASE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; S PHASE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REGULATION; FBXA GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; UBIQUITINATION; XLNA GENE; XLND GENE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DEOXYGLUCOSE; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; F-BOX PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; S-PHASE KINASE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UBIQUITINATION; XYLANS; XYLOSE;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84856801114     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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