Investigation of the biosynthetic potential of endophytes in traditional Chinese anticancer herbs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Miller, Kristin I ^a,b   Qing, Chen ^c   Sze, Daniel Man Yuen ^a,d   Neilan, Brett A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DNA; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

ACONITUM CARMICHAELI; ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; AGRIMONIA PILOSA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS; ARTICLE; ASTILBE RIVULARIS; BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS; CEPHALOTAXUS FORTUNEI; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLEMATIS HEXAPETALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPTIS CHINENSIS; DENDROBIUM NOBILE; DIGITALIS PURPUREA; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS; ENDOPHYTE; GENETIC SCREENING; HERB; LEONURUS HETEROPHYLLUS; LITHOSPERMUM ERYTHRORHIZON; LONICERA JAPONICA; LYCIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARIS POLYPHYLLA; PINELLIA PEDATISECTA; PINELLIA TERNATA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHUBARB; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; SALVIA PRZEWALSKII; SALVIA YUNNANENSIS; SAPHORA DIVIDII; SAPHORA JAPONICA; SENECIO SCANDENS; SOLANUM NIGRUM; TAXUS BACCATA; THALICTRUM FOLIOLOSUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENDOPHYTES; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861322290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035953     Document Type: Article

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