Anatoxin-a synthetase gene cluster of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain 37 and molecular methods to detect potential producers

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7271-7278

  Rantala Ylinen, Anne ^a   Känä, Suvi ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Rouhiainen, Leo ^a   Wahlsten, Matti ^a   Rizzi, Ermanno ^b   Berg, Katri ^a,c   Gugger, Muriel ^d,e   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICONS; ANABAENA SP; ANATOXIN; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BALTIC SEA; BRACKISH WATER; CYANOBACTERIAL SPECIES; CYANOBACTERIAL STRAINS; CYANOBACTERIUM ANABAENA; FINNISH; FRESH WATER; GENE CLUSTERS; MOLECULAR DETECTION; MOLECULAR METHODS; OSCILLATORIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; SIMULTANEOUS IDENTIFICATION; SYNTHETASES; WATER USERS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; METABOLITES; STRAIN;

GENES;

ANATOXIN A; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; PRIMER DNA; TROPANE DERIVATIVE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BRACKISH WATER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRESHWATER; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN;

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATORIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OSCILLATORIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TROPANES;

FINLAND;

EID: 82955194437     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06022-11     Document Type: Article

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