Characterization of the aspergillus nidulans monodictyphenone gene cluster

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2067-2074

  Chiang, Yi Ming ^a,b   Szewczyk, Edyta ^c,f   Davidson, Ashley D ^c   Entwistle, Ruth ^d   Keller, Nancy P ^e   Wang, Clay C C ^b   Oakley, Berl R ^c,d  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS; COACTIVATORS; DECARBOXYLASES; GENE CLUSTERS; SYNTHETIC PATHWAYS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

BIOINFORMATICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE; PH;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTHRAQUINONES; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 77950290345     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02187-09     Document Type: Article

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