Partial reconstruction of the ergot alkaloid pathway by heterologous gene expression in Aspergillus nidulans

Toxins

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 445-455

  Ryan, Katy L ^a   Moore, Christopher T ^a   Panaccione, Daniel G ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Chanoclavine I; Ergot alkaloids; Gene cluster; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CHANOCLAVINE; ERGOT ALKALOID; GENOMIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DMAW GENE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EASC GENE; EASE GENE; EASF GENE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; MYCOTOXINS;

EID: 84875264267     PISSN: 20726651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins5020445     Document Type: Article

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