Activation of fungal silent gene clusters: A new avenue to drug discovery

Progress in Drug Research

Volumn 66, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-12

  Brakhage, Axel A ^a   Schuemann, Julia ^a   Bergmann, Sebastian ^a   Scherlach, Kirstin ^a   Schroeckh, Volker ^a   Hertweck, Christian ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPYRIDONE A; ASPYRIDONE B; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESEARCH; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG DESIGN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 42949144998     PISSN: 0071786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8595-8_1     Document Type: Review

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