Melanin is a common name for a group of biopolymers with the dominance of potential
applications in medical sciences, cosmeceutical, bioremediation, and bioelectronic …

Covering 1970–2001This review covers the functionally diverse type III polyketide synthase
(PKS) superfamily of plant and bacterial biosynthetic enzymes, from the discovery of …

Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes) make up 32% of the described fungi and include most
wood-decaying species, as well as pathogens and mutualistic symbionts. Wood-decaying …

An integration vector for gene analysis in Streptomyces has been constructed. This vector
replicates in Escherichia coli, and integrates into Streptomyces by homologous …

For more than 40 years fungi have been known to produce pigments known as melanins.
Predominantly these have been dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA)-melanin and …

Objectives: Resveratrol (3, 5, 4′-trihydroxystilbene) is the parent compound of a family of
molecules, including glucosides and polymers, existing in cis and trans configurations in a …

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are essential components of higher eukaryotes. Single
cell oils (SCO) are now widely accepted in the market place and there is a growing …

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are essential membrane components in higher
eukaryotes and are the precursors of many lipid-derived signaling molecules. Here …

This review documents the changing perspectives on the function of fatty-acid synthase and
fatty-acid synthesis in human tumor biology. With the recent discovery that human cancer …

Streptomyces avermitilis is a soil bacterium that carries out not only a complex
morphological differentiation but also the production of secondary metabolites, one of which …