The regulation of antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1335-1344

  Bibb, Mervyn ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; ppGpp; Streptomyces; butyrolactones; factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CANDICIDIN; OLEANDOMYCIN; ACTINORHODINE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; PRODIGIOSIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNDECYLPRODIGIOSIN;

DRUG MANUFACTURE; GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANTHRAQUINONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MODELS, GENETIC; PRODIGIOSIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0029945534     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-6-1335     Document Type: Review

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