Organization, evolution, and expression analysis of the biosynthetic gene cluster for scytonemin, a cyanobacterial UV-absorbing pigment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4861-4869

  Sorrels, Carla M ^a   Proteau, Philip J ^b   Gerwick, William H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; CLUSTER ARCHITECTURE; CLUSTER BOUNDARIES; CYANOBACTERIAL SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN; EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTERS; LARGE SECTION; PHENOLIC PIGMENTS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROKARYOTE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SECONDARY METABOLITES; UV RADIATION;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENES; METABOLITES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; PIGMENT; SCYTONEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; PHYLOGENETICS; PIGMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; INDOLES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67650473849     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02508-08     Document Type: Article

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