Overexpression of a modified 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase results in an increased itaconic acid productivity in Aspergillus niger

AMB Express

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-19

  van der Straat, Laura ^a   Tamayo Ramos, Juan A ^a   Schonewille, Tom ^a   de Graaff, Leo H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Cis aconitate decarboxylase cada; Itaconic acid; Mitochondrial transporter mtta; Modified 6 phosphofructo 1 kinase; Plasmamembrane transporter mfsa

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; CITRIC ACID; ITACONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CADA GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; MFSA GENE; MTTA GENE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PFKA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

EID: 84887169347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21910855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-3-57     Document Type: Article

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