Lysine ∈-Aminotransferase, the Initial Enzyme of Cephalosporin Biosynthesis in Actinomycetes

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-100

  Rius, Núria ^a   Demain, Arnold L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Cephalosponn; Lysine aminotransferase

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LACTAM; LYSINE; LYSINE 6 AMINOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NOCARDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCES;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON; CEPHALOSPORINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; L-LYSINE 6-TRANSAMINASE; LACTAMS; LYSINE; NOCARDIA; PHOSPHATES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STREPTOMYCES; TRANSAMINASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031107884     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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