Increased production of the antibiotic aurodox (x-5108) by aurodox-resistant mutants

The Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1978, Pages 662-666

  Unowsky, Joel ^a   Hoppe, Donald C ^a  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLMOCIMYCIN;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HEREDITY; IN VITRO STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOMYCES GOLDINIENSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AURODOX; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FERMENTATION; MUTAGENS; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0018080764     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.31.662     Document Type: Article

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