Xlr1 is involved in the transcriptional control of the pentose catabolic pathway, but not hemi-cellulolytic enzymes in Magnaporthe oryzae

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-84

  Battaglia, Evy ^a,b   Klaubauf, Sylvia ^b   Vallet, Julie ^c   Ribot, Cecile ^c   Lebrun, Marc Henri ^d   De Vries, Ronald P ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Arabinoxylan; Hemicellulose degradation; Magnaporthe oryzae; Pentose catabolism; XlnR; Xylanase regulator

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; ARABINOXYLAN; PENTOSE; XYLAN; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PCP GENE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XLR1 GENE; XYLULOSE KINASE GENE;

ARABINOXYLAN; HEMICELLULOSE DEGRADATION; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; PENTOSE CATABOLISM; XLNR; XYLANASE REGULATOR;

ARABINOSE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MAGNAPORTHE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; ORYZA SATIVA; PENTOSES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XYLANS; XYLOSE;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HORDEUM; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; POACEAE;

EID: 84881101649     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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