Carbon repression in Aspergilli.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12557.x

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Carbon repression in Aspergilli.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Jun 1997

Ruijter G J, Visser J

Abstract excerpt

Many microorganisms prefer easily metabolizable carbon sources over alternative, less readily metabolized carbon sources. One of the mechanisms to achieve this is repression of the synthesis of enzymes related to catabolism of the alternative carbon sources, i.e. carbon repression. It is now clea...

Topics

Aspergillus
Carbon
Cyclic AMP
Fungal Proteins
Mutation
Repressor Proteins

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