A Penicillium freii gene that is highly similar to the β-keto-acyl synthase domain of polyketide synthase genes from other fungi

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-201

  Nicolaisen, M ^a,b   Frisvad, J C ^a   Rossen, L ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); KETONES; SIGNAL ENCODING;

AMINO-ACIDS; DNA FRAGMENT; ENCODING GENES; ENCODINGS; ENZYMES ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTIONS; GENES ENCODING; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE GENES; POLYKETIDES; SYNTHASES;

GENE ENCODING;

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CONTAMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STEM CELL;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM FREII; PENICILLIUM GRISEOFULVUM;

EID: 0030827013     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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