Uncovering the Genome-Wide Transcriptional Responses of the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus niger to Lignocellulose Using RNA Sequencing

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Delmas, Stéphane ^a   Pullan, Steven T ^a   Gaddipati, Sanyasi ^a   Kokolski, Matthew ^a   Malla, Sunir ^b   Blythe, Martin J ^b   Ibbett, Roger ^a   Campbell, Maria ^a   Liddell, Susan ^a   Aboobaker, Aziz ^b   Tucker, Gregory A ^a   Archer, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENZYME; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SACCHARIFICATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRAW; WHEAT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOMASS; ESTERASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; LIGNIN; MONOSACCHARIDES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRITICUM;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84866145069     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002875     Document Type: Article

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