Reconstitution of a fungal meroterpenoid biosynthesis reveals the involvement of a novel family of terpene cyclases

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 858-864

  Itoh, Takayuki ^a   Tokunaga, Kinya ^a   Matsuda, Yudai ^a   Fujii, Isao ^b   Abe, Ikuro ^a   Ebizuka, Yutaka ^a   Kushiro, Tetsuo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERPENE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM;

FUNGI; TERPENES;

EID: 77957276543     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.764     Document Type: Article

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