Organisation of the biosynthetic gene cluster for rapamycin in Streptomyces hygroscopicus: Analysis of genes flanking the polyketide synthase

Gene

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Molnár, István ^a   Aparicio, Jesús F ^a   Haydock, Stephen F ^a   Khaw, Lake Ee ^a   Schwecke, Torsten ^a   König, Ariane ^a   Staunton, James ^a   Leadlay, Peter F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Biochemistry ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclodeaminase; Cytochrome P450; FK506; Methyltransferase; Peptide synthetase

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; RAPAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS;

EID: 0029883934     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00799-7     Document Type: Article

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