Widespread occurrence and lateral transfer of the cyanobactin biosynthesis gene cluster in cyanobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 853-857

  Leikoski, Niina ^a   Fewer, David P ^a   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS GENE CLUSTERS; BIOSYNTHETIC GENES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYCLIC PEPTIDES; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFERS;

AMINES; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE TRANSFER; PEPTIDES;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; PEPTIDE;

CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 59649107063     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02134-08     Document Type: Article

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