Functional analysis of an indole-diterpene gene cluster for lolitrem B biosynthesis in the grass endosymbiont Epichloë festucae

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2563-2569

  Saikia, Sanjay ^a,c   Takemoto, Daigo ^a,d   Tapper, Brian A ^b   Lane, Geoff A ^b   Fraser, Karl ^b   Scott, Barry ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Epichlo festucae; Indole diterpene; Lolitrem B; ltm gene; Metabolic grid; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; INDOLE; LOLITREM B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GRASS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LTME GENE; LTMF GENE; LTMJ GENE; LTMK GENE; LTMQ GENE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM PAXILI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PRENYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SYMBIOSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; EPICHLOE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; INDOLES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOTOXINS; PENICILLIUM; POACEAE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; LOLIUM PERENNE; PENICILLIUM PAXILLI;

EID: 84864282468     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.06.035     Document Type: Article

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