Polyketide synthase genes and the natural products potential of Dictyostelium discoideum

Bioinformatics

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2543-2549

  Zucko, J ^a,e   Skunca, N ^a   Curk, T ^b   Zupan, B ^b,c   Long, P F ^d   Cullum, J ^e   Kessin, R H ^f   Hranueli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLADISTICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PSEUDOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 35748967860     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btm381     Document Type: Article

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