Comparison of cyanopeptolin genes in Planktothrix, Microcystis, and Anabaena strains: Evidence for independent evolution within each genus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7322-7330

  Rounge, Trine B ^a   Rohrlack, Thomas ^b   Tooming Klunderud, Ave ^a   Kristensen, Tom ^a   Jakobsen, Kjetill S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA STRAINS; GENE CLUSTERS; HALOGENASE GENES; MICROCYSTINS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANKTOTHRIX STRAINS;

CONDENSATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; PEPTIDES;

GENES;

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYANOGINOSIN; CYANOPEPTOLIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCERIC ACID; HALOGENASE; OSCILLAPEPTIN E; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; PEPTIDE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ADENYLATION; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCI GENE; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; PLANKTOTHRIX; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION;

ANABAENA; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; DEPSIPEPTIDES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHYLOGENY;

ANABAENA; MICROCYSTIS; PLANKTOTHRIX;

EID: 36649038371     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01475-07     Document Type: Article

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