Aspergillus glaucus aquaglyceroporin gene glpF confers high osmosis tolerance in heterologous organisms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 6926-6937

  Liu, Xiao Dan ^a,b   Wei, Yi ^a   Zhou, Xiao Yang ^a   Pei, Xue ^a   Zhang, Shi Hong ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS; CELL MEMBRANES; DROUGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCEROL; METAL IONS; METALS; OSMOSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HETEROLOGOUS SYSTEMS; HIGH OSMOTIC STRESS; INTRACELLULAR GLYCEROL; ONION EPIDERMAL CELLS; XENOPUS LAEVIS OOCYTES;

GENES;

FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOSIS; PROTEIN; SALT; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; YEAST;

ALLIUM CEPA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ASPERGILLUS GLAUCUS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OSMOSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; AQUAGLYCEROPORINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ASPERGILLUS; DROUGHTS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCEROL; OOCYTES; OSMOSIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WATER; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84940758759     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02127-15     Document Type: Article

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