Evidence for an ergot alkaloid gene cluster in Claviceps purpurea

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-141

  Tudzynski, P ^a   Holter K ^a   Correia, T ^a   Arntz, C ^a   Grammel, N ^b   Keller, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

D lysergyl peptide synthetase; Dimethylallyltryptophan synthase; FAD oxidoreductase; Peptide alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; ERGOT ALKALOID; METHYL GROUP; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CLAVICEPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0033020953     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050950     Document Type: Article

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