A transcribed polyketide synthase gene from Xanthoria elegans

Mycological Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-92

  Brunauer, Georg ^a   Muggia, Lucia ^b   Stocker Wörgötter, Elfie ^a   Grube, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anthraquinone; Lichens; Mycobiont; SMART RACE cDNA synthesis; Type I polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL RNA; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA;

DNA; ENZYME; FUNGUS; GENE; LICHEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHENS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRAQUINONES; ASCOMYCOTA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; XANTHORIA ELEGANS;

EID: 57649143465     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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