Characterization of the gene cluster responsible for cylindrospermopsin biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 716-722

  Mihali, Troco Kaan ^a   Kellmann, Ralf ^a,b   Muenchhoff, Julia ^a   Barrow, Kevin D ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HYDROXYLATION;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; POLYKETIDE EXTENSIONS; SULFATION; TOXIC CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS;

GENES;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; POLYKETIDE; URACIL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; CYR GENE; GENE CLUSTER; HYDROXYLATION; MICHAEL ADDITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; SULFATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URACIL;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII;

EID: 38949176836     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01988-07     Document Type: Article

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