Accurate prediction of secondary metabolite gene clusters in filamentous fungi

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Andersen, Mikael R ^a   Nielsen, Jakob B ^a   Klitgaard, Andreas ^a   Petersen, Lene M ^a   Zachariasen, Mia ^a   Hansen, Tilde J ^a   Blicher, Lene H ^a   Gotfredsen, Charlotte H ^a   Larsen, Thomas O ^a   Nielsen, Kristian F ^a   Mortensen, Uffe H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aspergilli; Natural products; Polyketide synthases; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA MICROARRAY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; METABOLOME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; XANTHINES;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84871997235     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205532110     Document Type: Article

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