Insertional mutagenesis of a peptide synthetase gene that is responsible for hepatotoxin production in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 779-787

  Dittmann, Elke ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^a   Erhard, Marcel ^b   Von Döhren, Hans ^b   Börner, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOGINOSIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER TOXICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA PCC 7806;

EID: 0030723581     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.6131982.x     Document Type: Article

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