Identification and characterization of Penicillium citrinum VeA and LaeA as global regulators for ML-236B production

Current Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Baba, Satoshi ^a,b   Kinoshita, Hiroshi ^a   Nihira, Takuya ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^c Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Global regulator; LaeA; ML 236B; Penicillium citrinum; Secondary metabolite; VeA

Indexed keywords

COMPACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LAEA GENE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VEA GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; LOVASTATIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PENICILLIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM;

EID: 84857041431     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-011-0359-x     Document Type: Article

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