The role of carbon starvation in the induction of enzymes that degrade plant-derived carbohydrates in Aspergillus niger

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-47

  van Munster, Jolanda M ^a   Daly, Paul ^a   Delmas, Stéphane ^a,e   Pullan, Steven T ^a,f   Blythe, Martin J ^b   Malla, Sunir ^b   Kokolski, Matthew ^a   Noltorp, Emelie C M ^a   Wennberg, Kristin ^a   Fetherston, Richard ^a   Beniston, Richard ^c   Yu, Xiaolan ^d   Dupree, Paul ^d   Archer, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Carbon starvation; CAZy enzymes; Inducer; Lignocellulose; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBON; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; PROTEOME;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CAZY GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEOMICS; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAW; UPREGULATION; WHEAT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PLANT STEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; PLANT STEMS; PROTEOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRITICUM;

EID: 84908510086     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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