XlnR-independent signaling pathway regulates both cellulase and xylanase genes in response to cellobiose in Aspergillus aculeatus

Current Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-104

  Tani, Shuji ^a   Kanamasa, Shin ^a,b,c   Sumitani, Junichi ^a   Arai, Motoo ^a,c   Kawaguchi, Takashi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus aculeatus; Cellulase; Gene regulation; XlnR independent signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXYNOJIRIMYCIN; CELLOBIOSE; DISACCHARIDE; PROTEIN XLNR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELLULASE GENE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGLA GENE; FIB XYLANASE GENE; FII CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULASE GENE; FIII AVICELASE GENE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XYLANASE GENE;

ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84860287424     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-012-0367-5     Document Type: Article

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