| Literature DB >> 19047393 |
Niina Leikoski1, David P Fewer, Kaarina Sivonen.
Abstract
Cyanobactins are small cyclic peptides produced by cyanobacteria. Here we demonstrate the widespread but sporadic occurrence of the cyanobactin biosynthetic pathway. We detected a cyanobactin biosynthetic gene in 48 of the 132 strains included in this study. Our results suggest that cyanobactin biosynthetic genes have a complex evolutionary history in cyanobacteria punctuated by a series of ancient horizontal gene transfer events.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19047393 PMCID: PMC2632131 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02134-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792