A new taxol-producing fungus (Pestalotiopsis malicola) and evidence for taxol as a transient product in the culture

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 6647-6654

  Bi, Jiannan ^a   Ji, Yuan ^a   Pan, Jiao ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Chen, Huang ^a   Zhu, Xudong ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pestalotiopsis; Saprophyte; Taxol

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; PACLITAXEL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PESTALOTIOPSIS MALICOLA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; PESTALOTIOPSIS;

EID: 79960513764     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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