The isoprenoid pathway: Cloning and characterization of fungal FPPS genes

Current Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 232-239

  Homann, Veronika ^a   Mende, Katrin ^a   Arntz, Claudia ^a   Ilardi, Vincenza ^b   Macino, Guiseppa ^c   Morelli, Giorgio ^b   Bose G ^d   Tudzynski, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Institutio Natl della Nutrizione   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Farnesylpyrophosphate synthase (FPPS) gene; Fungi; Gibberellins; Isoprenoids

Indexed keywords

GERANYLTRANSFERASE; GIBBERELLIN; ISOPRENOID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGI; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINONES; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEROLS; TRANSFERASES;

ANIMALIA; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SPHACELOMA MANIHOTICOLA;

EID: 0029811660     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050126     Document Type: Article

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