Chemotypic and genotypic diversity in the ergot alkaloid pathway of Aspergillus fumigatus

Mycologia

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 804-812

  Robinson, Sarah L ^a   Panaccione, Daniel G ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Clavines; Gene clusters; Mycotoxins; Prenyl transferase

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PIGMENT; SPORULATION; TOXIN;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

CHANOCLAVINE; ERGOLINE DERIVATIVE; ERGOT ALKALOID; FUMIGACLAVINE C; FUNGAL DNA; INDOLE ALKALOID; TRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENYLATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, FUNGAL; ERGOLINES; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 84866235346     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/11-310     Document Type: Article

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