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ArticleeLife2020

Targeted induction of a silent fungal gene cluster encoding the bacteria-specific germination inhibitor fumigermin.

Maria Cristina Stroe, Tina Netzker, Kirstin Scherlach, Thomas Krüger, Christian Hertweck, Vito Valiante, Axel A Brakhage

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Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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47 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Cristina StroeDepartment of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4049-1062
Tina NetzkerDepartment of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4845-9366
Kirstin ScherlachDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, HKI, Jena, Germany.
Thomas KrügerDepartment of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany.
Christian HertweckInstitute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.
Vito ValianteLeibniz Research Group - Biobricks of Microbial Natural Product Syntheses, HKI, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4405-169X
Axel A BrakhageDepartment of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8814-4193
Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) · DEFriedrich Schiller University Jena · DE

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung DrugBioTuneDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Collaborative Research Center 1127 ChemBioSys (projects B01)Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Collaborative Research Center 1127 ChemBioSys (projects B02)International Leibniz Research School Microbial and Biomolecular Interactions
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microorganisms produce numerous secondary metabolites (SMs) with various biological activities. Many of their encoding gene clusters are silent under standard laboratory conditions because for their activation they need the ecological context, such as the presence of other microorganisms. The true ecological function of most SMs remains obscure, but understanding of both the activation of silent gene clusters and the ecological function of the produced compounds is of importance to reveal functional interactions in microbiomes. Here, we report the identification of an as-yet uncharacterized silent gene cluster of the fungus

Indexed as

Genes, FungalMultigene FamilyAspergillus fumigatusGene Expression Regulation, FungalGerminationMolecular StructurePolyketide SynthasesSpectrum AnalysisSpores, FungalStreptomycesPolyketide SynthasesAspergillus fumigatusecologygermination inhibitioninfectious diseasemicrobial interactionmicrobiologypolyketidesecondary metabolismStreptomyces rapamycinicus

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PMID32083553
PMCPMC7034978
OpenAlexW3008343690

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