A global view of metabolites.
Fungi are rich sources of medically useful, as well as toxic, secondary metabolites. In this issue of Chemistry & Biology, Bok et al. show that, in Aspergillus nidulans, microarray analysis and manipulation of a global regulator can identify novel metabolite genes.
Schardl
Christopher L
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Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40546, USA.
D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D023281:Genomics; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis