Identification of a biosynthesis gene cluster for flocculosin a cellobiose lipid produced by the biocontrol agent Pseudozyma flocculosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1483-1495

  Teichmann, Beate ^a   Labbé, Caroline ^a   Lefebvre, François ^a   Bölker, Michael ^b   Linne, Uwe ^b   Bélanger, Richard R ^a  

^a Pavillon de l'Envirotron   (Canada)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CELLOBIOSE; FLOCCULOSIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID; OXYGENASE; PROTEIN FAT1; PROTEIN FAT2; PROTEIN FAT3; PROTEIN UAT1; PROTEIN UAT2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USTILAGIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT1 GENE; FAT2 GENE; FAT3 GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOZYMA FLOCCULOSA; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELLOBIOSE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; USTILAGINALES; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; PSEUDOZYMA FLOCCULOSA; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 79952448723     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07533.x     Document Type: Article

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