Genomes of plant-associated clavicipitaceae

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 291-327

  Schardl, Christopher L ^a   Young, Carolyn A ^b   Moore, Neil ^c   Krom, Nicholas ^b   Dupont, Pierre Yves ^d   Pan, Juan ^a   Florea, Simona ^a   Webb, Jennifer S ^a   Jaromczyk, Jolanta ^a   Jaromczyk, Jerzy W ^c   Cox, Murray P ^d   Farman, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Biological protection; Biosynthetic pathways; Endophytes; Fungal phylogeny; Gene clusters; Genome evolution; Repeat DNA; Secondary metabolism; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900873903     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397940-7.00010-0     Document Type: Chapter

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