The chromatin code of fungal secondary metabolite gene clusters

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1389-1404

  Gacek, Agnieszka ^a   Strauss, Joseph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Chromatin; Histone modifications; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN FORMATION; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONE MODIFICATION; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATIONS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY;

ACETYLATION; ALKYLATION; ASPERGILLUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGI; GENE ENCODING; MACHINERY; METABOLITES; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

CHROMOSOMES;

DNA; HISTONE H3; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; METABOLISM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SECONDARY METABOLISM; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CODON; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CODON; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 84872042007     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4208-8     Document Type: Review

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