Aspernidine A and B, prenylated isoindolinone alkaloids from the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 375-377

  Scherlach, Kirstin ^a   Schuemann, Julia ^a   Dahse, Hans Martin ^a   Hertweck, Christian ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

antiproliferative agents; Aspergillus nidulans; cryptic natural products; genome mining; isoindole; polyketides; prenylation

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ASPERNIDINE A; ASPERNIDINE B; ASPERUGIN A; ASPERUGIN B; ISOINDOLE DERIVATIVE; PORRITOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINNIMIDINE;

ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 77955108832     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2010.46     Document Type: Article

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