The inducers 1,3-diaminopropane and spermidine produce a drastic increase in the expression of the penicillin biosynthetic genes for prolonged time, mediated by the LaeA regulator

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1004-1013

  Martín, Jorge ^a   García Estrada, Carlos ^a   Kosalková, Katarina ^a   Ullán, Ricardo V ^a   Albillos, Silvia M ^a   Martín, Juan Francisco ^b  

^a Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

LaeA; Penicillin biosynthesis; Polyamines; Secondary metabolism; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

1,3 PROPANEDIAMINE; PENICILLIN G; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BATCH FERMENTATION; CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; LAEA GENE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PACC GENE; PCBAB GENE; PCBC GENE; PENDE GENE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIAMINES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ACREMONIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 84869869826     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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