Transformation of Fusarium verticillioides with a polyketide gene cluster isolated from a fungal endophyte activates the biosynthesis of fusaric acid

Mycology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-29

  Xie, Yunxuan ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Li, Yaoyao ^a,b   Wang, Mingzi ^c   Cerny, Ronald L ^a   Shen, Yuemao ^b   Du, Liangcheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Endophyte; Fusaric acid; Fusarium verticillioides; Phomopsis; Polyketide

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; KANDELIA CANDEL; PHOMOPSIS;

EID: 79953081287     PISSN: 21501203     EISSN: 21501211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2011.554907     Document Type: Article

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