Diversity of sesquiterpene synthases in the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1181-1195

  Agger, Sean ^a   Lopez Gallego, Fernando ^a   Schmidt Dannert, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CUPARENE; ALPHA CUPAROPHENOL; ALPHA MUUROLENE; BETA COPAENE; BETA CUBEBENE; BETA ELEMENE; COPAENE; CUBEBOL; DELTA CADINENE; GAMMA MUUROLENE; GERMACRENE A; GERMACRENE D; HELMINTHOGERMACRENE; LAGOPODIN A; PENTALENENE; SATIVENE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGARICOMYCETE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; COP1 GENE; COP2 GENE; COP3 GENE; COP4 GENE; COP5 GENE; COP6 GENE; COPRINUS; COX1 GENE; COX2 GENE; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPRINUS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SESQUITERPENES;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 65949116381     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06717.x     Document Type: Article

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