Use of a biosynthetic intermediate to explore the chemical diversity of pseudo-natural fungal polyketides

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 737-743

  Asai, Teigo ^a   Tsukada, Kento ^a   Ise, Satomi ^a   Shirata, Naoki ^a   Hashimoto, Makoto ^b   Fujii, Isao ^b   Gomi, Katsuya ^a   Nakagawara, Kosuke ^c   Kodama, Eiichi N ^c   Oshima, Yoshiteru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZAPHILONE; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; POLYKETIDE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; QUINONE METHIDE;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHAETOMIUM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BENZOPYRANS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CHAETOMIUM; FUNGI; INDOLEQUINONES; INDOLES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; POLYKETIDES;

EID: 84939811853     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2308     Document Type: Article

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