Synergistic and Dose-Controlled Regulation of Cellulase Gene Expression in Penicillium oxalicum

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Li, Zhonghai ^a   Yao, Guangshan ^a   Wu, Ruimei ^a   Gao, Liwei ^a   Kan, Qinbiao ^a   Liu, Meng ^a   Yang, Piao ^a   Liu, Guodong ^a   Qin, Yuqi ^a   Song, Xin ^a   Zhong, Yaohua ^a   Fang, Xu ^a   Qu, Yinbo ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BGL2 PROTEIN; CELLULASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ACE1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AMYR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLRB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CREA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR XLNR; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM OXALICUM; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PENICILLIUM;

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, FUNGAL; PENICILLIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84943560881     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005509     Document Type: Article

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