Aspergillus nidulans stcP encodes an O-methyltransferase that is required for sterigmatocystin biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4296-4298

  Kelkar, Hemant S ^a   Keller, Nancy P ^a   Adams, Thomas H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 0029848733     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4296-4298.1996     Document Type: Article

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