A putative gene cluster from a Lyngbya wollei bloom that encodes paralytic shellfish toxin biosynthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Mihali, Troco K ^a   Carmichael, Wayne W ^b   Neilan, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; SAXITOXIN; LYNGBYATOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA WOLLEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OSCILLATORIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

LYNGBYA WOLLEI;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; LYNGBYA TOXINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; OSCILLATORIA; SAXITOXIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 79951844818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014657     Document Type: Article

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