Engineering fungal secondary metabolism: A roadmap to novel compounds

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-183

  Scharf, Daniel H ^a,b   Brakhage, Axel A ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fungal secondary metabolism; Genetic engineering; Natural products; NRPS; PKS

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; BIOSYNTHESIS GENES; GENOME MINING; GENOMIC ERA; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; METABOLIC FLUX; NATURAL PRODUCTS; NOVEL METHODS; NRPS; PKS; PLANT PROTECTION; RECENT PROGRESS; ROADMAP; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SILENT GENES;

BIOACTIVITY; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

METABOLISM;

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; HABITAT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84872175341     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.06.027     Document Type: Article

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