Transcriptional repression by glycerol of genes involved in the assimilation of n-alkanes and fatty acids in yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-240

  Mori, Katsuki ^a   Iwama, Ryo ^a   Kobayashi, Satoshi ^a   Horiuchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukuda, Ryouichi ^a   Ohta, Akinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; n alkane; Repression by glycerol; Yarrowia lipolytica

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; OLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

ALKANES; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCEROL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YARROWIA;

YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 84873750905     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12025     Document Type: Article

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