Epigenetics as an emerging tool for improvement of fungal strains used in biotechnology

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 6167-6181

  Aghcheh, Razieh Karimi ^a   Kubicek, Christian P ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Extracellular enzymes; Filamentous fungi; Secondary metabolites; Strain improvement

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYMES; FUNGI; GENES; METABOLITES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EPIGENETIC; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; SECONDARY METABOLITES; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT;

GENE EXPRESSION;

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; HISTONE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HERITABILITY; METABOLITE; MUTAGENICITY; RECOMBINATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIGENETICS; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84937638398     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6763-2     Document Type: Review

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