Naturally mosaic operons for secondary metabolite biosynthesis: Variability and putative horizontal transfer of discrete catalytic domains of the epothilone polyketide synthase locus

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 420-431

  Lopez, J V ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epothilones; Horizontal gene transfer; Operon; Phylogenetics; Polyketide

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; EPOTHILONE DERIVATIVE; EPOTHILONE POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYST; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOSAICISM; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SORANGIUM CELLULOSOM;

MYXOCOCCALES; POLYANGIUM CELLULOSUM; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; SORANGIUM CELLULOSUM; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0347634435     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0937-9     Document Type: Article

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