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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-18
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Overexpression of several Aspergillus nidulans developmental regulatory genes has been shown to cause growth inhibition and development at inappropriate times. We set out to identify previously unknown developmental regulators by constructing a nutritionally inducible A. nidulans expression library containing small, random genomic DNA fragments inserted next to the alcA promoter [alcA(p)] in an A. nidulans transformation vector. Among 20,000 transformants containing random alcA(p) genomic DNA fusion constructs, we identified 66 distinct mutant strains in which alcA(p) induction resulted in growth inhibition as well as causing other detectable phenotypic changes. These growth inhibited mutants were divided into 52 FIG (Forced expression Inhibition of Growth) and 14 FAB (Forced expression Activation of brlA) mutants based on whether or not alcA(p) induction resulted in accumulation of mRNA for the developmental regulatory gene brlA. In four FAB mutants, alcA(p) induction not only activated brlA expression but also caused hyphae to differentiate into reduced conidiophores that produced viable spores from the tips as is observed after alcA(p)::brlA induction. Sequence analyses of the DNA fragments under alcA(p) control in three of these four sporulating strains showed that in two cases developmental activation resulted from overexpression of previously uncharacterized genes, whereas in the third strain, the alcA(p) was fused to brlA. The potential uses for this strategy in identifying genes whose overexpression results in specific phenotypic changes like developmental induction are discussed.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0016-6731
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
139
pubmed:geneSymbol
alcA, brlA, figA
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
537-47
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Alcohol Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Aspergillus nidulans, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Genes, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Genes, Regulator, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Genomic Library, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-RNA, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Spores, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:7713416-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of developmental regulatory genes in Aspergillus nidulans by overexpression.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't