Sentences with phrase «metabolite gene cluster»
«Using improved computer software, we have enhanced gene predictions and secondary metabolite gene cluster predictions in both species to a level not found in most other filamentous fungal species,» says Robert King, the team's lead bioinformatician at Rothamsted.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/ Not exact matches
The team discovered, for instance, that F. venenatum does not contain some clusters of genes that produce subsidiary compounds, or secondary metabolites, which are produced by F. graminearum during successful wheat infection.
The scientists engineer lab bacteria to express those gene clusters and then characterize bioactive metabolites the microbes produce.
Analysis of the chromosome sequences identified 49 putative specialized metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters.