A dual signalling pathway for the hypoxic expression of lipid genes, dependent on the glucose sensor Rag4, is revealed by the analysis of the KlMGA2 gene in Kluyveromyces lactis

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1734-1744

  Micolonghi, Chiara ^a   Ottaviano, Daniela ^a   Silvio, Eva Di ^a,c   Damato, Giuseppe ^a,d   Heipieper, Hermann J ^b   Bianchi, Michele M ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; KIATF1 PROTEIN; KIMGA2 PROTEIN; KIOLE1 PROTEIN; KLERG1 PROTEIN; KLFAS1 PROTEIN; MGA2 PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RAG4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOXIA; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSE; KLUYVEROMYCES; LIPID METABOLISM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OXYGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84863691665     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.059402-0     Document Type: Article

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