Overexpression of the Aspergillus nidulans histone 4 acetyltransferase EsaA increases activation of secondary metabolite production

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 314-330

  Soukup, Alexandra A ^a   Chiang, Yi Ming ^b,c   Bok, Jin Woo ^a   Reyes Dominguez, Yazmid ^d,e   Oakley, Berl R ^f   Wang, Clay C C ^c   Strauss, Joseph ^d   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESAA PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACVA GENE; AFLR GENE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IPNA GENE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; ORSA GENE; ORSD GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STCO GENE; TDIA GENE; TDIB GENE; TUBA GENE; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES;

DERRIS TRIFOLIATA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 84867485221     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08195.x     Document Type: Article

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