A newly discovered gene, tfuA, involved in the production of the ribosomally synthesized peptide antibiotic trifolitoxin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4150-4156

  Breil, Brenda T ^a   Borneman, James ^a   Triplett, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIBONUCLEASE; TRIFOLITOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0030015322     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4150-4156.1996     Document Type: Article

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