Putative monofunctional type I polyketide synthase units: a dinoflagellate-specific feature?

Marine dinoflagellates (alveolata) are microalgae of which some cause harmful algal blooms and produce a broad variety of most likely polyketide synthesis derived phycotoxins. Recently, novel polyketide synthesase (PKS) transcripts have been described from the Florida red tide dinoflagellate Karenia...

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Main Authors: Karsten Eichholz, Bánk Beszteri, Uwe John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3489724?pdf=render