Cloning of an avilamycin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces viridochromogenes Tu57

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6271-6278

  Gaisser, Sibylle ^a   Trefzer, Axel ^a   Stockert, Sigrid ^a   Kirschning, Andreas ^b   Bechthold, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AVILAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0030744904     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6271-6278.1997     Document Type: Article

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