Transcription Factor Repurposing Offers Insights into Evolution of Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Regulation

Wang, Wenjie; Drott, Milton; Greco, Claudio; Luciano-Rosario, Dianiris; Wang, Pinmei; Keller, Nancy P.

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Transcription Factor Repurposing Offers Insights into Evolution of Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Regulation

Wenjie Wang, Milton Drott

, Claudio Greco

, Dianiris Luciano-Rosario, Pinmei Wang, Nancy P. Keller

mBio, Volume: 12, Issue: 4

Swansea University Author: Claudio Greco

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The fungal kingdom has provided advances in our ability to identify biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) and to examine how gene composition of BGCs evolves across species and genera. However, little is known about the evolution of specific BGC regulators that mediate how BGCs produce secondary metabol...

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Transcription Factor Repurposing Offers Insights into Evolution of Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Regulation

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