The ß-importin KAP8 (Pse1/Kap121) is required for nuclear import of the cellulase transcriptional regulator XYR1, asexual sporulation and stress resistance in Trichoderma reesei

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 405-418

  Ghassemi, Sara ^a   Lichius, Alexander ^a   Bidard, Fréderique ^b   Lemoine, Sophie ^c   Rossignol, Marie Noëlle ^c   Herold, Silvia ^a,f   Seidl Seiboth, Verena ^a   Seiboth, Bernhard ^a,d   Espeso, Eduardo A ^e   Margeot, Antoine ^b   Kubicek, Christian P ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d AUSTRIAN CENTRE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^f Springer Wien   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA IMPORTIN KAP8; CELLULASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEMICELLULASE; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN BETA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYR1 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DOWN REGULATION; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPOCREA JECORINA; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRICHODERMA;

ASPERGILLUS; HYPOCREA JECORINA; SACCHAROMYCES;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 84926417899     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12944     Document Type: Article

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