Phylogenomics reveals subfamilies of fungal nonribosomal peptide synthetases and their evolutionary relationships

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bushley, Kathryn E ^a   Turgeon, B Gillian ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; METABOLITE; PEPTIDE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; TAXONOMY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

NON RIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; NON-RIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; GENOME, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77149168140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-26     Document Type: Article

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