GalX regulates the d-galactose oxido-reductive pathway in Aspergillus niger

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 3980-3985

  Gruben, Birgit S ^a,b   Zhou, Miaomiao ^b   De Vries, Ronald P ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Galactose catabolism; Leloir pathway; Oxido reductive pathway; Regulation

Indexed keywords

GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GALX GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84868530613     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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