Translating biosynthetic gene clusters into fungal armor and weaponry

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 671-677

  Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRESS; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSOL; DETOXIFICATION; ENDOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CLUSTER; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY METABOLISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

FUNGI;

AFLATOXIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CARRIER PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PENICILLINS; PEROXISOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSPORT VESICLES; TRICHOTHECENES;

EID: 84939638571     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1897     Document Type: Review

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