A melanin polyketide synthase (PKS) gene from Nodulisporium sp. that shows homology to the pks1 gene of Colletotrichum lagenarium

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 714-720

  Fulton, T R ^a   Ibrahim, N ^a   Losada, M C ^a   Grzegorski, D ^a   Tkacz, J S ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Melanin; Nodulisporium; Polyketide synthase; Pyroquilon

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL DNA; HYGROMYCIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; COLLETOTRICHUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLLETOTRICHUM; DNA PRIMERS; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

COLLETOTRICHUM LAGENARIUM; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NODULISPORIUM; SORDARIALES; XYLARIALES;

EID: 0033401325     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051133     Document Type: Article

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