Horizontal transfer and death of a fungal secondary metabolic gene cluster

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-293

  Campbell, Matthew A ^a   Rokas, Antonis ^a   Slot, Jason C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bikaverin; Botrytis; Fusarium; Pathway degeneration; Pseudogene; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; LEOTIOMYCETES; SORDARIOMYCETES;

BIKAVERIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

BOTRYTIS; FUSARIUM; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LETTER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOGENE;

BOTRYTIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOGENES; XANTHONES;

EID: 84863204810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs011     Document Type: Article

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