Cloning and sequence characterization of a non-reducing polyketide synthase gene from the lichen Xanthoparmelia semiviridis

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-161

  Chooi, Yit Heng ^a   Stalker, David M ^a   Davis, Meryl A ^b   Fujii, Isao ^c   Elix, John A ^d   Louwhoff, Simone H J J ^e   Lawrie, Ann C ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chondropsis; Depsidones; Parmeliaceae; Secondary metabolites; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; LICHEN; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LICHENS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; PARMELIACEAE; XANTHOPARMELIA; XANTHOPARMELIA SEMIVIRIDIS;

EID: 39749125473     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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