Identification of stsC, the gene encoding the L-glutamine:scyllo- inosose aminotransferase from streptomycin-producing streptomycetes

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 102-113

  Ahlert, Joachim ^a   Distler, Jürgen ^a   Mansouri, Kambiz ^a   Piepersberg, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminocyclitol; Aminotransferase; Streptomyces griseus; Streptomycin biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINOCYCLITOL; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BLUENSOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN SULFATE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCIN; TRANSAMINASES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

EID: 0030814692     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050475     Document Type: Article

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