Functional analysis of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) in Trichoderma virens reveals a polyketide synthase (PKS)/NRPS hybrid enzyme involved in the induced systemic resistance response in maize

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-165

  Mukherjee, Prasun K ^a,b,d   Buensanteai, Natthiya ^b   Moran Diez, Maria E ^b   Druzhinina, Irina S ^c   Kenerley, Charles M ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR COTTON RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLENE OXIDE SYNTHASE; HYBRID ENZYME; HYBRID PROTEIN; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDROPONICS; HYPOCREA VIRENS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MAIZE; METABOLITE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; TRICHODERMA; ZEA MAYS;

HYPOCREA VIRENS; TRICHODERMA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855234163     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.052159-0     Document Type: Article

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