Cloning and bioinformatic analysis of lovastatin biosynthesis regulatory gene lovE

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1800-1805

  Huang, Xin ^a   Li, Hao Ming ^a  

^a GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Bioinformatics; Lovastatin

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MEVINOLIN; PROTEIN LOVE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LOVASTATIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 70349557870     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.15.016     Document Type: Article

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