Expression of a functional non-ribosomal peptide synthetase module in Escherichia coli by coexpression with a phosphopantetheinyl transferase

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-207

  Ku, Jung ^a   Mirmira, Raghavendra G ^a,b   Liu, Lu ^a,c   Santi, Daniel V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KOSAN BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

coexpression; gramicidin S synthetase; module; non ribosomal peptide synthetase; phosphopantetheine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 0031105254     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(97)90289-1     Document Type: Article

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