Evolution of saxitoxin synthesis in cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-78

  Hackett, Jeremiah D ^a   Wisecaver, Jennifer H ^a   Brosnahan, Michael L ^b   Kulis, David M ^b   Anderson, Donald M ^b   Bhattacharya, Debashish ^c   Gerald Plumley, F ^d   Erdner, Deana L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

dinoflagellate; evolution; gene transfer; Saxitoxin; secondary metabolism; toxin

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SAXITOXIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENE SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

CYANOBACTERIA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; SAXITOXIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84871837405     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss142     Document Type: Article

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