Global negative regulation of Streptomyces coelicolor antibiotic synthesis mediated by an absA-encoded putative signal transduction system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3221-3231

  Brian, Paul ^a   Riggle, Perry J ^a,b   Santos, Richard A ^a,c   Champness, Wendy C ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINORHODINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE LOCUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 0029891143     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3221-3231.1996     Document Type: Article

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