Biosynthesis of non-melanin pigment by a divergent polyketide synthase in Metarhizium robertsii

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-149

  Chen, Yixiong ^a   Feng, Peng ^a   Shang, Yanfang ^a   Xu, Yong Jiang ^a   Wang, Chengshu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Melanin; Metarhizium robertsii; Pigment; Polyketide synthase; Stress response; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE MELANIN; HEPTAKETIDE PIGMENT; MELANIN; PIGMENT; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; HEAT SHOCK; INSECT; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ROBERTSII; NON MELANIN PIGMENT SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; GENE DELETION; INSECTS; METARHIZIUM; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84937784741     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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