Characterization of the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster of Rebeccamycin from Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes ATCC 39243

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-138

  Onaka, Hiroyasu ^a   Taniguchi, Shin Ichi ^a   Igarashi, Yasuhiro ^a   Furumai, Tamotsu ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic pathway; Chromopyrrolic acid; Indolocarbazole; Lechevarielia aerocolonigenes ATCC 39243; Rebeccamycin

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; REBECCAMYCIN; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMID; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CARBAZOLES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; INDOLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

LECHEVALIERIA; LECHEVALIERIA AEROCOLONIGENES; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES SP.;

EID: 0012569067     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.127     Document Type: Article

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