Real-time quantitative analysis of the influence of blue light on citrinin biosynthetic gene cluster expression in Monascus

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1745-1748

  Wang, Changlu ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Chen, Mianhua ^a   Wang, Yurong ^a   Li, Fengjuan ^a   Luo, Cheng ^a   Zhao, Shuyi ^a   He, Dong ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Blue light; Citrinin; Monascus; RT qPCR

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; BLUE LIGHT; CITRININ; MONASCUS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; RT-QPCR;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CITRININ;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; MONASCUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CITRININ; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MONASCUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UP-REGULATION;

MONASCUS;

EID: 84865722317     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-0962-z     Document Type: Article

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