A complete annotation of the chromosomes of the cellulase producer Trichoderma reesei provides insights in gene clusters, their expression and reveals genes required for fitness

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Druzhinina, Irina S ^a   Kopchinskiy, Alexey G ^a   Kubicek, Eva M ^a,b   Kubicek, Christian P ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Steinschötelgasse 7   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cellulases; Chromosomes; Gene clusters; Gene silencing; Proteases; Siderophores; T. reesei; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; CHROMOSOMES; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; GENE ENCODING; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH; KETONES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

CELLULASES; GENE CLUSTERS; GENE SILENCING; PROTEASES; SIDEROPHORES; T. REESEI; TELOMERES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CHROMOSOME; ENZYME; FITNESS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; SIDEROPHORE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HYPOCREA JECORINA;

EID: 84963878389     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0488-z     Document Type: Article

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