A novel polyketide biosynthesis gene cluster is involved in fruiting body morphogenesis in the filamentous fungi Sordaria macrospora and Neurospora crassa

Current Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-198

  Nowrousian, Minou ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene cluster; Neurospora crassa; Polyketide synthase; Quantitative real time PCR; Sordaria macrospora

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL MORPHOGENESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SORDARIA MACROSPORA; UPREGULATION;

FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; SORDARIALES;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SORDARIA MACROSPORA;

EID: 67349142369     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-009-0236-z     Document Type: Review

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