Taxol promising fungal endophyte, Pestalotiopsis species isolated from Taxus cuspidata

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 541-546

  Kumaran, Rangarajulu Senthil ^a   Kim, Hyung Joo ^a   Hur, Byung Ki ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Analytical methods; Anticancer drug; Cytotoxicity test; Endophytic fungi; Pestalotiopsis neglecta; Pestalotiopsis versicolor; Taxadiene synthase; Taxol production

Indexed keywords

18S RRNA; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTICANCER DRUG; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI; PESTALOTIOPSIS NEGLECTA; PESTALOTIOPSIS VERSICOLOR; TAXADIENE SYNTHASE; TAXOL PRODUCTION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG PRODUCTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RNA;

FUNGI;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL; TS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CULTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PESTALOTIOPSIS NEGLECTA; PESTALOTIOPSIS VERSICOLOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXOMYCES ANDREANAE; TAXUS; TAXUS CUSPIDATA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; ISOMERASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PACLITAXEL; TAXUS; XYLARIALES;

FUNGI; PESTALOTIOPSIS; PESTALOTIOPSIS NEGLECTA; PESTALOTIOPSIS VERSICOLOR; TAXUS CUSPIDATA;

EID: 77957298837     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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