High diversity of polyketide synthase genes and the melanin biosynthesis gene cluster in Penicillium marneffei

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3750-3758

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Tam, Emily W T ^b   Chong, Ken T K ^b   Cai, James J ^b   Tung, Edward T K ^b   Ngan, Antonio H Y ^b   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

genome; melanin; Penicillium marneffei; phylogeny; polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIOSIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISINFECTANTS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ASPERGILLUS; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; FUNGI; MUS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; TALAROMYCES STIPITATUS;

EID: 77956313512     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07776.x     Document Type: Article

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