D-Xylose concentration-dependent hydrolase expression profiles and the function of CreA and XlnR in Aspergillus niger

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3145-3155

  Mach Aigner, Astrid R ^a,b   Omony, Jimmy ^a   Jovanovic, Birgit ^b   van Boxtel, Anton J B ^a   de Graaff, Leo H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CATABOLIC PATHWAY; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; D-XYLOSE; EXPRESSION PROFILE; GENES ENCODE; GENES ENCODING ENZYMES; HEMICELLULASES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL ENZYMES; LOW LEVEL; NIGER; PECTINASES; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL;

ASPERGILLUS; DEGRADATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; GENES;

TRANSCRIPTION;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; XLNR PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS; XYLOSE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; YEAST;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROLASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XYLOSE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 84861115944     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07772-11     Document Type: Article

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