Genetic approaches to harvesting lichen products

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 349-355

  Miao, Vivian ^a   Coëffet LeGal, Marie Françoise ^a   Brown, Daren ^a   Sinnemann, Shannon ^a   Donaldson, Gary ^a   Davies, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; FUNGI; GENES; HARVESTING; MEDICINE; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

LICHENS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CYTOCHROME P450; ERYTHROMYCIN; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYKETIDE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETICS; LICHEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; LICHENS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 0035451901     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7799(01)01700-0     Document Type: Review

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