Characterisation of genes involved in biosynthesis of coronafacic acid, the polyketide component of the phytotoxin coronatine

Gene

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 167-173

  Penfold, C N ^a   Bender, C L ^b   Turner, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ketoacylsynthase, dehydrase; Acyl carrier protein, acyltransferase; Coronafacic acid; Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea; Type II polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; ACID; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PLANT TOXIN; POLYKETIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; INDENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. GLYCINEA;

EID: 0030458855     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00550-1     Document Type: Article

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