Pgas, a low-pH-induced promoter, as a tool for dynamic control of gene expression for metabolic engineering of Aspergillus niger

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Yin, Xian ^a   Shin, Hyun Dong ^b   Li, Jianghua ^a   Du, Guocheng ^a   Liu, Long ^a   Chen, Jian ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Dynamic gene expression; Itaconic acid; Low pH inducible promoter; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; CELL GROWTH; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; DYNAMIC CONTROLS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; INDUCIBLE PROMOTER; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ITACONIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; ORGANIC ACID; PH; PROTEIN;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS;

ACONITATE DECARBOXYLASE; CARBOXYLYASE; ITACONIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROMOTER REGION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBOXY-LYASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SUCCINATES;

EID: 85014603710     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03222-16     Document Type: Article

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