Comprehensive curation and analysis of fungal biosynthetic gene clusters of published natural products

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 18-28

  Li, Yong Fuga ^a,e   Tsai, Kathleen J S ^b   Harvey, Colin J B ^a   Li, James Jian ^a   Ary, Beatrice E ^c   Berlew, Erin E ^b   Boehman, Brenna L ^b   Findley, David M ^b   Friant, Alexandra G ^c   Gardner, Christopher A ^b   Gould, Michael P ^b   Ha, Jae H ^c   Lilley, Brenna K ^b   McKinstry, Emily L ^b   Nawal, Saadia ^b   Parry, Robert C ^b   Rothchild, Kristina W ^b   Silbert, Samantha D ^c   Tentilucci, Michael D ^b   Thurston, Alana M ^b   Wai, Rebecca B ^b   Yoon, Yongjin ^b   Aiyar, Raeka S ^a   Medema, Marnix H ^d   Hillenmeyer, Maureen E ^a   Charkoudian, Louise K ^b   more..

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic gene cluster; Fungal metabolites; Genome mining; Manual curation; Natural product

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALKALOID; DIMETHYL ALLYL TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; FUMONISIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; NATURAL PRODUCT; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; SOLANAPYRONE A; SOLANAPYRONE D; TERPENOID; TRICHODIENE SYNTHASE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRIDIN; VIRIDIOL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; POLYKETIDE; TERPENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DATA MINING; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; EUROTIOMYCETES; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; LEOTIOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEER REVIEW; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SORDARIOMYCETES; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TRICHODERMA VIRENS; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ALKALOIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATA CURATION; FUNGI; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYKETIDES; TERPENES;

EID: 84960075421     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2016.01.012     Document Type: Article

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