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

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3330-3338

  Rangaswamy, Vidhya ^a   Mitchell, Robin ^b   Ullrich, Matthias ^a,c   Bender, Carol ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAFACIC ACID; CORONATINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT TOXIN; POLYKETIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0031801222     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.13.3330-3338.1998     Document Type: Article

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