Evidence that a transcription factor regulatory network coordinates oxidative stress response and secondary metabolism in aspergilli

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-160

  Hong, Sung Yong ^a   Roze, Ludmila V ^a   Wee, Josephine ^a   Linz, John E ^a,b,c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus parasiticus; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATTFB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SRRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAT1 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FAS1 GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMTA GENE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SOD GENE; VER 1 GENE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; BINDING SITES; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84877281359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.63     Document Type: Article

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