Indole-diterpene gene cluster from Aspergillus flavus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6875-6883

  Zhang, Shuguang ^a   Monahan, Brendon J ^a   Tkacz, Jan S ^b   Scott, Barry ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGI; METABOLITES;

AFLATREM; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; INDOLE-DITERPENE GENE CLUSTER;

GENES;

DITERPENE; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; INDOLE; PRIMER DNA;

FUNGUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DITERPENES; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; INDOLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOTOXINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM PAXILLI;

EID: 8744243225     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6875-6883.2004     Document Type: Article

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