Regulation and Role of Fungal Secondary Metabolites

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 371-392

  Macheleidt, Juliane ^a   Mattern, Derek J ^a,b   Fischer, Juliane ^a,b   Netzker, Tina ^a,b   Weber, Jakob ^a,b   Schroeckh, Volker ^a   Valiante, Vito ^a   Brakhage, Axel A ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epigenetic regulation; Interaction; Secondary metabolism; Signal transduction; Transcriptional regulation; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

EPIGENETICS; FUNGUS; GENE CLUSTER; INFECTION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PLANTS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85000815540     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: 15452948     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-120215-035203     Document Type: Review

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