New insight into the ochratoxin a biosynthetic pathway through deletion of a nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene in Aspergillus carbonarius

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8208-8218

  Gallo, Antonia ^a   Bruno, Kenneth S ^b   Solfrizzo, Michele ^a   Perrone, Giancarlo ^a   Mulè, Giuseppina ^a   Visconti, Angelo ^a   Baker, Scott E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; GENE PRODUCTS; LIQUID CULTURE; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASES; OCHRATOXIN A; POLYKETIDES;

AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE ENCODING; KETONES;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; OCHRATOXIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CULTURE MEDIA; OCHRATOXINS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 84870831090     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02508-12     Document Type: Article

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