Endophytic taxol-producing fungi from bald cypress, Taxodium distichum

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2223-2226

  Li, Jia Yao ^a   Strobel, Gary ^a   Sidhu, Rajinder ^b   Hess, W M ^c   Ford, Eugene J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics Inc   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticancer drugs; Endophytic fungi; Pestalotiopsis microspora; Taxodium distichum; Taxol

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PACLITAXEL;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TREE;

CUPRESSUS; FUNGI; PESTALOTIOPSIS MICROSPORA; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 0029824617     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2223     Document Type: Article

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