Inactivation or amplification of the spa2 gene, encoding a potential stationary-phase regulator, affects differentiation in Streptomyces ambofaciens

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1118-1125

  Aubert, Martine ^a   Weber, Elisabeth ^a   Gintz, Brigitte ^a   Chater, Keith F ^b   Decaris, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Stationary phase regulator; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES AMBOFACIENS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES AMBOFACIENS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031414448     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-160     Document Type: Article

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