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Phylogeny of type I polyketide synthases (PKSs) in fungal entomopathogens and expression analysis of PKS genes in Beauveria bassiana BCC 2660.
Fungal biology - 1 Jun 2015
Punya Juntira, Swangmaneecharern Pratchya, Pinsupa Suparat, Nitistaporn Pornpen, Phonghanpot Suranat, Kunathigan Viyada, Cheevadhanarak Supapon, Tanticharoen Morakot, Amnuaykanjanasin Alongkorn
Abstract excerpt
Entomopathogenic fungi are able to invade and kill insects. Various secondary metabolites can mediate the interaction of a fungal pathogen with an insect host and also help the fungus compete with other microbes. Here we screened 23 isolates of entomopathogenic fungi for polyketide synthase (PKS) genes and amplified 72 PKS gene fragments using degenerate PCR. We performed a phylogenetic analysis of conserved...
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