The tyrocidine biosynthesis operon of Bacillus brevis: Complete nucleotide sequence and biochemical characterization of functional internal adenylation domains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6843-6850

  Mootz, Henning D ^a   Marahiel, Mohamed A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; TYROCIDINE;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; ENZYME KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030669091     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6843-6850.1997     Document Type: Article

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