Identification of a Transcription Factor Controlling pH-Dependent Organic Acid Response in Aspergillus niger

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Poulsen, Lars ^a   Andersen, Mikael Rørdam ^a   Lantz, Anna Eliasson ^a   Thykaer, Jette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLUCURONIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; OXALIC ACID REPRESSION FACTOR; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOKETOLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXALIC ACID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 84871203655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050596     Document Type: Article

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