Sigma-E is required for the production of the antibiotic actinomycin in Streptomyces antibioticus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-178

  Jones, George H ^a,b   Paget, Mark S B ^a,c   Chamberlin, Leony ^a,c   Buttner, Mark J ^a,c  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DACTINOMYCIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS;

SIGE; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS;

EID: 0031013350     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2001566.x     Document Type: Article

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