Molecular characterization of the PR-toxin gene cluster in Penicillium roqueforti and Penicillium chrysogenum: Cross talk of secondary metabolite pathways

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-24

  Hidalgo, Pedro I ^a   Ullán, Ricardo V ^b   Albillos, Silvia M ^b   Montero, Olimpio ^c   Fernández Bodega, María Ángeles ^b   García Estrada, Carlos ^b   Fernández Aguado, Marta ^a   Martín, Juan Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^c Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross pathways regulation; Gene silencing; Mycotoxins; Penicillium; PR toxin; Silent cluster

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; FUNGAL ENZYME; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOTOXIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIUM ROQUEFORTI TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARI1 GENE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PEN GENE; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM ROQUEFORTI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRX1 GENE; PRX2 GENE; PRX3 GENE; PRX4 GENE; RICE; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SILENT GENE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM ROQUEFORTII;

ARISTOLOCHENE SYNTHASE; AS; CROSS-PATHWAYS REGULATION; EICS; EXTRACTED ION CHROMATOGRAMS; GENE SILENCING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-PHOTODIODE ARRAY; HPLC-PDA; MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY; MFS; MYCOTOXINS; OPEN READING FRAME; ORF; PENICILLIUM; PR-TOXIN; SILENT CLUSTER; TMS; TRANSMEMBRANE SPANNERS; ULTRAPERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; UPLC-MS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NAPHTHOLS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 84890796905     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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