Molecular basis and phylogenetic implications of deoxycylindrospermopsin biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Raphidiopsis curvata

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2256-2263

  Jiang, Yongguang ^a,b   Xiao, Peng ^a,b   Yu, Gongliang ^a   Sano, Tomoharu ^c   Pan, Qianqian ^a,b   Li, Renhui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS GENE CLUSTER; CELL EXTRACTS; CYANOBACTERIAL SPECIES; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOTOXINS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; FUNCTIONAL GENES; GENE CLUSTERS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR BASIS; NEUTRAL EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETIC TREES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; OXYGENATION;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ALKALOID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXY CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; DEOXY-CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; RNA 16S;

CATALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENETICS; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALKALOIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; NOSTOCALES; RAPHIDIOPSIS CURVATA;

EID: 84861130631     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07321-11     Document Type: Article

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