Biosynthesis and Molecular Genetics of Fungal Secondary Metabolites, Volume 2

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zeilinger, Susanne (Editor), Martín, Juan-Francisco (Editor), García-Estrada, Carlos (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Fungal Biology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Microbiology.; Plant genetics.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Biochemistry.

This book continues the exploration of fungal secondary metabolism and underlying genetics initiated in the first volume, adding analysis of regulatory key players and epigenetic control of their biosynthesis, genomics- and metabolomics-guided approaches. This work unearths the potential of fungi as...

Table of Contents:

• Fungal Secondary Metabolites in the “OMICS” Era
• Key Players in the Regulation of Fungal Secondary Metabolism
• Epigenetics of Fungal Secondary Metabolism Related Genes
• Genome Mining for Fungal Secondary Metabolic Gene Clusters
• Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics for the Exploration of Natural Products from Soil Fungi
• Metabolomics and Secondary Metabolite Profiling of Filamentous Fungi
• Fungal Chemotaxonomy
• Endophytic Fungi as a Source of Novel Metabolites
• Fungal Secondary Metabolism in the Light of Animal-FungusInteractions: From Mechanism to Ecological Function
• Fusarium Mycotoxins and Their Role in Plant-Pathogen Interactions
• Biosynthesis and Molecular Genetics of Peptaibiotics - Fungal Peptides Containing Alpha, Alpha - Dialkyl Amino Acids.