Expression and specificity profile of the major acetate transporter AcpA in Aspergillus nidulans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-103

  Sá Pessoa, Joana ^a,c   Amillis, Sotiris ^b   Casal, Margarida ^a   Diallinas, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetate; Carbon catabolism; Filamentous fungi; Germination; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACETATE TRANSPORTER; ACETIC ACID; ACPA PROTEIN; BENZOIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; JENA PROTEIN; JENB PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; NITROGEN; PROPIONIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ASCOMYCOTA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACETATES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MYCELIUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84925357878     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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