Gene acquisition, duplication and metabolic specification: The evolution of fungal methylisocitrate lyases

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1534-1548

  Müller, Sebastian ^a,b   Fleck, Christian B ^a,c   Wilson, Duncan ^a,d   Hummert, Christian ^a,b   Hube, Bernhard ^a,d,e   Brock, Matthias ^a,c  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Research Group Systems Biology/Bioinformatics   (Germany)

^c Junior Research Group Microbial Biochemistry and Physiology   (Germany)

^d Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms ^*  (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOCITRATE LYASE; LYASE; METHYLISOCITRATE LYASE; PROPIONYL COENZYME A; PROPIONYL-COENZYME A;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACYL COENZYME A; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; GLYOXYLATES; ISOCITRATE LYASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 79958010972     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02458.x     Document Type: Article

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