Regulation of secondary metabolism by the velvet complex is temperature-responsive in aspergillus

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 4023-4033

  Lind, Abigail L ^a   Smith, Timothy D ^b   Saterlee, Timothy ^b   Calvo, Ana M ^b   Rokas, Antonis ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Gene cluster; Gene expression; Gene regulation; Temperaturedependent

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; SECONDARY METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ASPERGILLUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TEMPERATURE;

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ASPERGILLUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SECONDARY METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85008462134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.033084     Document Type: Article

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