Bioinformatical analysis of the sequences, structures and functions of fungal polyketide synthase product template domains

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Liu, Lu ^a   Zhang, Zheng ^b   Shao, Chang Lun ^a   Wang, Jin Lan ^b   Bai, Hong ^a   Wang, Chang Yun ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLLETOTRICHUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC DATABASE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TALAROMYCES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ASPERGILLUS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TALAROMYCES;

EID: 84930226754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10463     Document Type: Article

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