Regulation of nitrogen metabolism by GATA zinc finger transcription factors in Yarrowia lipolytica

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Pomraning, Kyle R ^a   Bredeweg, Erin L ^b   Baker, Scott E ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Carbon catabolite repression; Carbon metabolism; GATA; GATA transcription factor; Gene regulation; Lipid metabolism; Lipid synthesis; Metabolic regulation; Nitrogen; Nitrogen catabolite repression; Nitrogen metabolism; Oleaginous yeast; Transcription factor; Yarrowia lipolytica; Yeasts; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021753019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23795042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00038-17     Document Type: Article

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