An ergot alkaloid biosynthesis gene and clustered hypothetical genes from Aspergillus fumigatus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3112-3118

  Coyle, Christine M ^a   Panaccione, Daniel G ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS;

AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ALKALOID; GENE CONTROLLING; GENETIC ORIGIN;

GENES;

ERGOT ALKALOID;

ALKALOID;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAXON; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLAVICEPS; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; FUNGI;

EID: 20444387174     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.3112-3118.2005     Document Type: Article

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