The sirodesmin biosynthetic gene cluster of the plant pathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1307-1318

  Gardiner, Donald M ^a   Cozijnsen, Anton J ^a   Wilson, Leanne M ^a   Pedras, M Soledade C ^b   Howlett, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIOTOXIN; PLANT TOXIN; SIRODESMIN PL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRASSICA NAPUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOTOXINS; PIPERAZINES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4444376010     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04215.x     Document Type: Article

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