Disruption of the nitrogen regulatory gene AcareA in Acremonium chrysogenum leads to reduction of cephalosporin production and repression of nitrogen metabolism

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-79

  Li, Jinyang ^a,b   Pan, Yuanyuan ^a   Liu, Gang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

AcareA; Acremonium chrysogenum; Cephalosporin; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMMONIA; CEPHALOSPORIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; GUANINE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN ACAREA; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URIC ACID;

ACAREA GENE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CEFD2 GENE; CEFEF GENE; CEFG GENE; CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; MUTANT; NIAD GENE; NIIA GENE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PCBAB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE;

ACREMONIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

ACAREA; ACREMONIUM CHRYSOGENUM; CEPHALOSPORIN; NITROGEN METABOLISM;

ACREMONIUM; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, REGULATOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84887822797     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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