Genetic analysis of biosurfactant production in Ustilago maydis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3033-3040

  Hewald, Sandra ^a   Josephs, Katharina ^a   Bölker, Michael ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CATALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIPIDS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLYCOLIPIDS; USTILAGIC ACIDS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AGAR; BIOSURFACTANT; CYTOCHROME P450; ERYTHRITOL; FATTY ACID; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MACROLIDE; OXYGENASE;

FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYP1 GENE; EMT1 GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEMOLYSIS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; PROKARYOTA; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 20444376851     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.3033-3040.2005     Document Type: Article

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