Dictyostelium hybrid polyketide synthase, SteelyA, produces 4-methyl-5-pentylbenzene-1,3-diol and induces spore maturation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 319, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-87

  Narita, Takaaki B ^a   Koide, Kota ^a   Morita, Naoki ^b   Saito, Tamao ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Dictyostelium; Polyketide; Polyketide synthase; Spore maturation

Indexed keywords

4 METHYL 5 PENTYLBENZENE 1,3 DIOL; GENE PRODUCT; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE STEELYA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETTER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPORE MATURATION; SPOROGENESIS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RESORCINOLS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 79955021078     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02273.x     Document Type: Letter

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