An old yellow enzyme gene controls the branch point between aspergillus fumigatus and claviceps purpurea ergot alkaloid pathways

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3898-3903

  Coyle, Christine M ^a   Cheng, Johnathan Z ^b   O'Connor, Sarah E ^b   Panaccione, Daniel G ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRANCH POINTS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; COMPLEMENTATION; DIASTEREOISOMERS; DOUBLE BONDS; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; FLAVIN-DEPENDENT; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN PATHOGENS; LYSERGIC ACID; OLD YELLOW ENZYMES; RING CLOSURES; RING STRUCTURES; WILD TYPES;

ALDEHYDES; ENZYMES;

FUNGI;

ERGOT ALKALOID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALDEHYDE; ALKALOID; BIOACCUMULATION; DIVERGENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGENICITY;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLAVICEPS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLAVICEPS; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLAVICEPS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; FUNGI;

EID: 77953634748     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02914-09     Document Type: Article

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