Identification of a gene cluster for biosynthesis of mannosylerythritol lipids in the basidiomycetous fungus Ustilago maydis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 5469-5477

  Hewald, Sandra ^a   Linne, Uwe ^a   Scherer, Mario ^b   Marahiel, Mohamed A ^a   Kämper, Jörg ^b   Bölker, Michael ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SUBSTRATES;

MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN STARVATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPID; MANNOSYLERYTHRITOL; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; USTILAGO; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; USTILAGO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 33747340500     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00506-06     Document Type: Article

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