Characterization of the biosynthetic gene cluster for the ribosomally synthesized cyclic peptide ustiloxin B in Aspergillus flavus

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-30

  Umemura, Myco ^a   Nagano, Nozomi ^b   Koike, Hideaki ^b   Kawano, Jin ^a   Ishii, Tomoko ^c   Miyamura, Yuki ^c   Kikuchi, Moto ^c   Tamano, Koichi ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^d   Shin ya, Kazuo ^b   Machida, Masayuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c Technology Research Association of Highly Efficient Gene Design   (Japan)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Fungal secondary metabolite biosynthesis; Gene cluster; Ribosomal peptide synthesis; Ustiloxin B

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USTILOXIN B; CYCLOPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETIC PATHWAY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIBOSOME;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENES, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84902002754     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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