A comparative genomics approach to understanding the biosynthesis of the sunscreen scytonemin in cyanobacteria

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Soule, Tanya ^a,b   Palmer, Kendra ^a   Gao, Qunjie ^a   Potrafka, Ruth M ^a   Stout, Valerie ^a   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVATE DIOXYGENASE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SCYTONEMIN; SCYTONEMIN A; SCYTONEMIN B; SCYTONEMIN C; SCYTONEMIN D; SCYTONEMIN E; SCYTONEMIN F; SHIKIMIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOSTOC;

CHLOROGLOEOPSIS SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA; NODULARIA; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME PCC 73102; NOSTOC SP.; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PROKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; INDOLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOSTOC; PHENOLS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 68849129374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-336     Document Type: Article

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