Allophane increases the protein levels of several cephamycin biosynthetic enzymes in Nocardia lactamdurans

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3399-3406

  Leitão, Ana L ^a   Enguita, Francisco J ^b   De La Fuente, Juan L ^b   Liras, Paloma ^b   Martín, Juan F ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allophane; Cephamycin; Nocardia lactamdurans; Phosphate control; Synthesis and degradation of enzymes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; CEPHAMYCIN; ISOPENICILLIN N SYNTHETASE; LYSINE 6 AMINOTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXYGENASE; PHOSPHATE; SYNTHETASE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0030470447     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-12-3399     Document Type: Article

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