Comprehensive annotation of secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes and gene clusters of Aspergillus nidulans, A. fumigatus, A. niger and A. oryzae

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Inglis, Diane O ^a   Binkley, Jonathan ^a   Skrzypek, Marek S ^a   Arnaud, Martha B ^a   Cerqueira, Gustavo C ^b   Shah, Prachi ^a   Wymore, Farrell ^a   Wortman, Jennifer R ^b   Sherlock, Gavin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Gene clusters; Gene Ontology; Genome annotation; Secondary metabolism; Sybil

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ARUGOSIN; ASPERFURANONE; ASPERTHECIN; AUSTINOL; BREVIANAMIDE F; CHANOCLAVINE; DEHYDROAUSTINOL; DEMETHYLKOTANIN; EMERICELLAMIDE; EMERICELLAMIDE A; EMODIN; ENDOCROCIN; ERGOT ALKALOID; FERRICROCIN; FUMIGACLAVINE C; FUMIQUINAZOLINE A; GLIOTOXIN; KOTANIN; MELANIN; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; MONODICTYPHENONE; N',N'',N'''-TRIACETYLFUSARININE C; NAPHTHO GAMMA PYRONE; ORLANDIN; ORTHO ORSELLINIC ACID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYKETIDE; SHAMIXANTHONE; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; METABOLITE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; NONHUMAN;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84876692068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-91     Document Type: Article

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