Characterization of the gene cluster for biosynthesis of macrocyclic trichothecenes in Myrothecium roridum

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 421-432

  Trapp, S C ^a   Hohn, T M ^b   McCormick, S ^b   Jarvis, B B ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusarium sporotrichioides; Gene cluster; Macrocyclic trichothecenes; Myrothecium roridium; TRI4 TRI5 TRI6

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; SYNTHETASE; T 2 TOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUSARIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; COSMIDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGENASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRICHOTHECENES;

EID: 0031910079     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050666     Document Type: Article

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