VIB1, a Link between Glucose Signaling and Carbon Catabolite Repression, Is Essential for Plant Cell Wall Degradation by Neurospora crassa

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Xiong, Yi ^a   Sun, Jianping ^a   Glass, N Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; COL26 PROTEIN; CRE 1 PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VIB1 PROTEIN; CELLULASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL WALL; CLR2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT GENE; PLANT METABOLISM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CARBON; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL WALL; CELLULASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; LIGNIN; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLANT CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84924302956     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004500     Document Type: Article

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