The isoprenoid pathway in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Tuber borchii Vittad.: Cloning and characterisation of the tbhmgr, tbfpps and tbsqs genes

Current Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 393-404

  Guidi, C ^a   Zeppa, S ^a   Annibalini, G ^a   Pierleoni, R ^a   Guescini, M ^a   Buffalini, M ^a   Zambonelli, A ^b   Stocchi, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl CoA reductase; Farnesyl dyphosphate synthase; Isoprenoid pathway; Mycorrhizal fungi; Squalene synthase; Tuber borchii ascoma development

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOPRENOID; NUCLEOTIDE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TUBER BORCHII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, FUNGAL; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERPENES;

FUNGI; TUBER (TRUFFLE); TUBER BORCHII;

EID: 33751057889     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-006-0097-7     Document Type: Review

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