The polyketide synthase gene pks4 from Gibberella fujikuroi encodes a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of the red pigment bikaverin

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 134-148

  Linnemannstöns, Pia ^a   Schulte, Jessica ^a   Del Mar Prado, Maria ^b   Proctor, Robert H ^c   Avalos, Javier ^b   Tudzynski, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; BIKAVERIN; PIGMENT; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, FUNGAL; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLINS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NITROGEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XANTHENES; XANTHONES;

FUNGI; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0036431904     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(02)00501-7     Document Type: Article

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