Functional analyses of Trichoderma reesei LAE1 reveal conserved and contrasting roles of this regulator

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 369-378

  Karimi Aghcheh, Razieh ^a   Bok, Jin Woo ^b   Phatale, Pallavi A ^b   Smith, Kristina M ^c   Baker, Scott E ^d   Lichius, Alexander ^a   Omann, Markus ^a   Zeilinger, Susanne ^a   Seiboth, Bernhard ^a,e   Rhee, Catherine ^b   Keller, Nancy P ^b   Freitag, Michael ^d   Kubicek, Christian P ^a,e  

^a Institute of Chemical Engineering Research Division Biotechnology and Microbiology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cellulase secondary; ChIP seq transcriptome; LaeA; Metabolites; Trichoderma reesei

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN PROTEIN; ANTIBODY; HETEROKARYON INCOMPATIBILITY PROTEIN; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYKETIDE; PROTEIN; PTH11 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; CELLULASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HYPOCREA JECORINA; IRON TRANSPORT; LAE1 GENE; MAJOR GENE; METHYLATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHIP-SEQ; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LAEA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRICHODERMA; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; HYPOCREA JECORINA;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELLULASE; CHIP-SEQ; LAEA; SECONDARY METABOLITES; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRICHODERMA REESEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELLULASE; CHROMATIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONES; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRICHODERMA; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84883170660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.005140     Document Type: Article

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