A spontaneous albino mutant of Ceratocystis resinifera results from a point mutation in the polyketide synthase gene, PKS1

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 501-507

  Tanguay, P ^a   Loppnau, P ^a,c   Morin, C ^b   Bernier, L ^b   Breuil, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albino mutant; Biological control; Ceratocystis resinifera; Polyketide synthase; Sap stain

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS;

ALBINO MUTANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CERATOCYSTIS RESINIFERA; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; SAP STAIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MELANIN; PIGMENT; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PROLINE; SCYTALONE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MUTAGENICITY;

AGAR MEDIUM; ALBINISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CERATOCYSTIS RESINIFERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PINE; PKS1 GENE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CERATOCYSTIS RESINIFERA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33646351152     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W05-150     Document Type: Article

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