Identification and function of a polyketide synthase gene responsible for 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene-melanin pigment biosynthesis in Ascochyta rabiei

Current Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 349-360

  Akamatsu, Hajime O ^a,b   Chilvers, Martin I ^a,c   Stewart, Jane E ^a   Peever, Tobin L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co transformation; Dothideomycetes; Environmental stress; Fungal pigment; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

1,8 DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE MELANIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,8-DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE MELANIN; MELANIN; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOCHYTA RABIEI; CHICKPEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WILD TYPE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEFICIENCY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA PRIMERS; MELANINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NAPHTHOLS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BIPOLARIS ORYZAE; CICER ARIETINUM; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA RABIEI;

EID: 77956186937     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-010-0306-2     Document Type: Article

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