Isolation and disruption of the melanin pathway polyketide synthase gene of the softwood deep stain fungus Ceratocystis resinifera

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-41

  Loppnau, Peter ^a   Tanguay, Philippe ^a   Breuil, Colette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation; Ceratocystis; Melanin; Polyketide synthase; Sapstain

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CLAISEN CYCLASE; ENZYME; HYGROMYCIN; MELANIN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENEDIOL; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CERATOCYSTIS RESINIFERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; GENE DISRUPTION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CERATOCYSTIS; CERATOCYSTIS RESINIFERA; FUNGI;

EID: 0345304746     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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