Nitrogen source regulates expression of alanine dehydrogenase isoenzymes in Streptomyces avermitilis in a chemically defined medium

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-193

  Novák, Jan ^a,b   Kopecký, Jan ^a   Vaněk, Zdenko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Avermectin; Isoenzymes; L alanine dehydrogenase; Streptomyces avermitilis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; AVERMECTIN; ISOENZYME; NITROGEN;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS;

EID: 0030891706     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-024     Document Type: Article

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