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Advances in Aspergillus secondary metabolite research in the post-genomic era. Nat Prod Rep. 2012 Mar; 29(3):351-71. Sanchez JF, Somoza AD, Keller NP, Wang CC. PMID: 22228366; PMCID: PMC4568942.
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Toward awakening cryptic secondary metabolite gene clusters in filamentous fungi. Methods Enzymol. 2012; 517:303-24. Lim FY, Sanchez JF, Wang CC, Keller NP. PMID: 23084945; PMCID: PMC3703436.
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The chemical identification and analysis of Aspergillus nidulans secondary metabolites. Methods Mol Biol. 2012; 944:97-109. Sanchez JF, Wang CC. PMID: 23065610; PMCID: PMC3754429.
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Induction of Bcl-2 expression by hepatitis B virus pre-S2 mutant large surface protein resistance to 5-fluorouracil treatment in Huh-7 cells. PLoS One. 2011; 6(12):e28977. Hung JH, Teng YN, Wang LH, Su IJ, Wang CC, Huang W, Lee KH, Lu KY, Wang LH. PMID: 22216150; PMCID: PMC3245229.
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Engineering of an "unnatural" natural product by swapping polyketide synthase domains in Aspergillus nidulans. J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Aug 31; 133(34):13314-6. Liu T, Chiang YM, Somoza AD, Oakley BR, Wang CC. PMID: 21815681; PMCID: PMC3350771.
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High-mobility group A2 protein modulates hTERT transcription to promote tumorigenesis. Mol Cell Biol. 2011 Jul; 31(13):2605-17. Li AY, Lin HH, Kuo CY, Shih HM, Wang CC, Yen Y, Ann DK. PMID: 21536653; PMCID: PMC3133373.
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Cryptic Aspergillus nidulans antimicrobials. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jun; 77(11):3669-75. Giles SS, Soukup AA, Lauer C, Shaaban M, Lin A, Oakley BR, Wang CC, Keller NP. PMID: 21478304; PMCID: PMC3127626.
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Genome-based deletion analysis reveals the prenyl xanthone biosynthesis pathway in Aspergillus nidulans. J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Mar 23; 133(11):4010-7. Sanchez JF, Entwistle R, Hung JH, Yaegashi J, Jain S, Chiang YM, Wang CC, Oakley BR. PMID: 21351751; PMCID: PMC3119361.
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Characterization of a polyketide synthase in Aspergillus niger whose product is a precursor for both dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN) melanin and naphtho-γ-pyrone. Fungal Genet Biol. 2011 Apr; 48(4):430-7. Chiang YM, Meyer KM, Praseuth M, Baker SE, Bruno KS, Wang CC. PMID: 21176790; PMCID: PMC3118676.
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Recent advances in awakening silent biosynthetic gene clusters and linking orphan clusters to natural products in microorganisms. Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2011 Feb; 15(1):137-43. Chiang YM, Chang SL, Oakley BR, Wang CC. PMID: 21111669; PMCID: PMC3117463.
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Telomere position effect is regulated by heterochromatin-associated proteins and NkuA in Aspergillus nidulans. Microbiology (Reading). 2010 Dec; 156(Pt 12):3522-3531. Palmer JM, Mallaredy S, Perry DW, Sanchez JF, Theisen JM, Szewczyk E, Oakley BR, Wang CCC, Keller NP, Mirabito PM. PMID: 20724388; PMCID: PMC3068700.
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Unraveling polyketide synthesis in members of the genus Aspergillus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2010 May; 86(6):1719-36. Chiang YM, Oakley BR, Keller NP, Wang CC. PMID: 20361326; PMCID: PMC3110678.
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Asperfuranone from Aspergillus nidulans inhibits proliferation of human non-small cell lung cancer A549 cells via blocking cell cycle progression and inducing apoptosis. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2010 Jul; 107(1):583-9. Wang CC, Chiang YM, Praseuth MB, Kuo PL, Liang HL, Hsu YL. PMID: 20148857; PMCID: PMC3110816.
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Characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans monodictyphenone gene cluster. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Apr; 76(7):2067-74. Chiang YM, Szewczyk E, Davidson AD, Entwistle R, Keller NP, Wang CC, Oakley BR. PMID: 20139316; PMCID: PMC2849234.
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Molecular genetic analysis of the orsellinic acid/F9775 gene cluster of Aspergillus nidulans. Mol Biosyst. 2010 Mar; 6(3):587-93. Sanchez JF, Chiang YM, Szewczyk E, Davidson AD, Ahuja M, Elizabeth Oakley C, Woo Bok J, Keller N, Oakley BR, Wang CC. PMID: 20174687; PMCID: PMC2903553.
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Unlocking fungal cryptic natural products. Nat Prod Commun. 2009 Nov; 4(11):1505-10. Chiang YM, Lee KH, Sanchez JF, Keller NP, Wang CC. PMID: 19967983; PMCID: PMC3101174.
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Rationally engineered total biosynthesis of a synthetic analogue of a natural quinomycin depsipeptide in Escherichia coli. Chembiochem. 2009 Aug 17; 10(12):1965-8. Watanabe K, Hotta K, Praseuth AP, Searcey M, Wang CC, Oguri H, Oikawa H. PMID: 19588480; PMCID: PMC4556348.
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Escherichia coli allows efficient modular incorporation of newly isolated quinomycin biosynthetic enzyme into echinomycin biosynthetic pathway for rational design and synthesis of potent antibiotic unnatural natural product. J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Jul 08; 131(26):9347-53. Watanabe K, Hotta K, Nakaya M, Praseuth AP, Wang CC, Inada D, Takahashi K, Fukushi E, Oguri H, Oikawa H. PMID: 19514719; PMCID: PMC2757413.
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Chromatin-level regulation of biosynthetic gene clusters. Nat Chem Biol. 2009 Jul; 5(7):462-4. Bok JW, Chiang YM, Szewczyk E, Reyes-Dominguez Y, Davidson AD, Sanchez JF, Lo HC, Watanabe K, Strauss J, Oakley BR, Wang CC, Keller NP. PMID: 19448638; PMCID: PMC2891026.
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Suppression of nonhomologous end joining repair by overexpression of HMGA2. Cancer Res. 2009 Jul 15; 69(14):5699-706. Li AY, Boo LM, Wang SY, Lin HH, Wang CC, Yen Y, Chen BP, Chen DJ, Ann DK. PMID: 19549901; PMCID: PMC2737594.
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A gene cluster containing two fungal polyketide synthases encodes the biosynthetic pathway for a polyketide, asperfuranone, in Aspergillus nidulans. J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Mar 04; 131(8):2965-70. Chiang YM, Szewczyk E, Davidson AD, Keller N, Oakley BR, Wang CC. PMID: 19199437; PMCID: PMC2765542.
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Complete sequence of biosynthetic gene cluster responsible for producing triostin A and evaluation of quinomycin-type antibiotics from Streptomyces triostinicus. Biotechnol Prog. 2008 Nov-Dec; 24(6):1226-31. Praseuth AP, Wang CC, Watanabe K, Hotta K, Oguri H, Oikawa H. PMID: 19194935.
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Identification and characterization of the asperthecin gene cluster of Aspergillus nidulans. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Dec; 74(24):7607-12. Szewczyk E, Chiang YM, Oakley CE, Davidson AD, Wang CC, Oakley BR. PMID: 18978088; PMCID: PMC2607171.
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Norsolorinic acid inhibits proliferation of T24 human bladder cancer cells by arresting the cell cycle at the G0/G1 phase and inducing a Fas/membrane-bound Fas ligand-mediated apoptotic pathway. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2008 Nov; 35(11):1301-8. Wang CC, Chiang YM, Kuo PL, Chang JK, Hsu YL. PMID: 18671724.
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Molecular genetic mining of the Aspergillus secondary metabolome: discovery of the emericellamide biosynthetic pathway. Chem Biol. 2008 Jun; 15(6):527-32. Chiang YM, Szewczyk E, Nayak T, Davidson AD, Sanchez JF, Lo HC, Ho WY, Simityan H, Kuo E, Praseuth A, Watanabe K, Oakley BR, Wang CC. PMID: 18559263; PMCID: PMC2494592.
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Norsolorinic acid from Aspergillus nidulans inhibits the proliferation of human breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7 cells via Fas-mediated pathway. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2008 Jun; 102(6):491-7. Wang CC, Chiang YM, Kuo PL, Chang JK, Hsu YL. PMID: 18346044; PMCID: PMC3754440.
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Diversity of polyketide synthases found in the Aspergillus and Streptomyces genomes. Mol Pharm. 2008 Mar-Apr; 5(2):226-33. Sanchez JF, Chiang YM, Wang CC. PMID: 18338869.
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Improved production of triostin A in engineered Escherichia coli with furnished quinoxaline chromophore by design of experiments in small-scale culture. Biotechnol Prog. 2008 Jan-Feb; 24(1):134-9. Praseuth AP, Praseuth MB, Oguri H, Oikawa H, Watanabe K, Wang CC. PMID: 18173279.
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Plumbagin induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through reactive oxygen species/c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathways in human melanoma A375.S2 cells. Cancer Lett. 2008 Jan 18; 259(1):82-98. Wang CC, Chiang YM, Sung SC, Hsu YL, Chang JK, Kuo PL. PMID: 18023967.
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Enzymatic synthesis of aromatic polyketides using PKS4 from Gibberella fujikuroi. J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Sep 05; 129(35):10642-3. Ma SM, Zhan J, Watanabe K, Xie X, Zhang W, Wang CC, Tang Y. PMID: 17696354; PMCID: PMC2528842.
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Development of Tyrocidine A analogues with improved antibacterial activity. Bioorg Med Chem. 2007 Nov 01; 15(21):6667-77. Marques MA, Citron DM, Wang CC. PMID: 17728134; PMCID: PMC2706120.
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Investigation of early tailoring reactions in the oxytetracycline biosynthetic pathway. J Biol Chem. 2007 Aug 31; 282(35):25717-25. Zhang W, Watanabe K, Wang CC, Tang Y. PMID: 17631493.
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Completion of a Programmable DNA-Binding Small Molecule Library. Tetrahedron. 2007 Jul 02; 63(27):6146-6151. Hsu CF, Phillips JW, Trauger JW, Farkas ME, Belitsky JM, Heckel A, Olenyuk BZ, Puckett JW, Wang CC, Dervan PB. PMID: 18596841; PMCID: PMC2151752.
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A comprehensive and engaging overview of the type III family of polyketide synthases. Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2007 Jun; 11(3):279-86. Watanabe K, Praseuth AP, Wang CC. PMID: 17482864.
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Heterologous biosynthesis of amidated polyketides with novel cyclization regioselectivity from oxytetracycline polyketide synthase. J Nat Prod. 2006 Nov; 69(11):1633-6. Zhang W, Watanabe K, Wang CC, Tang Y. PMID: 17125237.
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Biosynthesis of lovastatin analogs with a broadly specific acyltransferase. Chem Biol. 2006 Nov; 13(11):1161-9. Xie X, Watanabe K, Wojcicki WA, Wang CC, Tang Y. PMID: 17113998.
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Total biosynthesis of antitumor nonribosomal peptides in Escherichia coli. Nat Chem Biol. 2006 Aug; 2(8):423-8. Watanabe K, Hotta K, Praseuth AP, Koketsu K, Migita A, Boddy CN, Wang CC, Oguri H, Oikawa H. PMID: 16799553.
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Biosynthesis of Yersiniabactin, a complex polyketide-nonribosomal peptide, using Escherichia coli as a heterologous host. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Nov; 69(11):6698-702. Pfeifer BA, Wang CC, Walsh CT, Khosla C. PMID: 14602630; PMCID: PMC262314.
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Understanding substrate specificity of polyketide synthase modules by generating hybrid multimodular synthases. J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 24; 278(43):42020-6. Watanabe K, Wang CC, Boddy CN, Cane DE, Khosla C. PMID: 12923197.
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