2011
Dihydrophenylalanine: A Prephenate-Derived Photorhabdus luminescens Antibiotic and Intermediate in Dihydrostilbene Biosynthesis
Crawford JM, Mahlstedt SA, Malcolmson SJ, Clardy J, Walsh CT. Dihydrophenylalanine: A Prephenate-Derived Photorhabdus luminescens Antibiotic and Intermediate in Dihydrostilbene Biosynthesis. Cell Chemical Biology 2011, 18: 1102-1112. PMID: 21944749, PMCID: PMC3183431, DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.07.009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Absence of the aflatoxin biosynthesis gene, norA, allows accumulation of deoxyaflatoxin B1 in Aspergillus flavus cultures
Ehrlich KC, Chang P, Scharfenstein LL, Cary JW, Crawford JM, Townsend CA. Absence of the aflatoxin biosynthesis gene, norA, allows accumulation of deoxyaflatoxin B1 in Aspergillus flavus cultures. FEMS Microbiology Letters 2010, 305: 65-70. PMID: 20158523, PMCID: PMC2891446, DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01914.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAflatoxinsAlcohol DehydrogenaseAspergillus flavusBiosynthetic PathwaysFungal ProteinsGene Knockout TechniquesGenes, FungalMultigene FamilyOxidation-ReductionConceptsBiosynthetic gene clusterAflatoxin biosynthesis genesCytochrome P450 monooxygenaseAflatoxin biosynthetic gene clusterWild-type A. flavusBiosynthesis genesGene clusterP450 monooxygenaseAflatoxin biosynthesisCarcinogenic aflatoxinsAccumulation of aflatoxinBiosynthesisA. flavusMinor toxinsO-methylsterigmatocystinAspergillus speciesFinal stepAspergillus flavusNew metabolitesQuantities of aflatoxinElevated quantitiesMutantsAccumulationFlavusGenes