Screening of growth- or development-related genes by using genomic library with inducible promoter in Aspergillus nidulans |
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Authors: | Lee Bang-Yong Han Sang-Yong Choi Han Gil Kim Jee Hyun Han Kap-Hoon Han Dong-Min |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Graduate School of Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea. |
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Abstract: | Using the genomic library constructed at the downstream of the niiA promoter, which induces the over-expression of an inserted DNA fragment, we have attempted to screen the genes affecting growth or development by over-expression. The wild-type strain was transformed using the AMA-niiA(p) library and cultured on 1.2 M sorbitol media, in which asexual sporulation is induced, but sexual development is repressed. Over 100,000 strains transformed to pyrG(+) were analyzed with regard to any changes in phenotype. Consequently, seven strains were isolated for further analyses. These strains were designated NOT [niiA(p) over-expression transformants] stains. Four of the strains were of the inducible type, and the remaining strains were of the multi-copy suppression type. Two of the inducible-type strains, NOT1 and NOT40, harbored genes which had been inserted in reverse direction, suggesting that the mutant phenotypes had been derived from an excess amount of anti-sense mRNA. Domain analyses of the deduced polypeptides from the DNA fragments rescued from the transformants revealed that NOT1, NOT40 and NOT6 harbored a LisH motif, a forkhead domain, and a Zn(II)(2)Cys(6) binuclear zinc cluster, respectively. |
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