The transcriptomic fingerprint of glucoamylase over-expression in Aspergillus niger

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kwon, Min Jin ^a,b   Jørgensen, Thomas R ^a,c   Nitsche, Benjamin M ^a,d   Arentshorst, Mark ^a   Park, Joohae ^a   Ram, Arthur F J ^a,b   Meyer, Vera ^a,b,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Endoplasmic reticulum; Glucoamylase; HacA; Protein expression; Secretion; Transcriptome; Unfolded protein response

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLUCOAMYLASE GENE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STEADY STATE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; HYDROLYSIS; MALTOSE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 84870862525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-701     Document Type: Article

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