afsR is a pleiotropic but conditionally required regulatory gene for antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 385-396

  Floriano, Belén ^a,b   Bibb, Mervyn ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 0029762312     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6491364.x     Document Type: Article

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