The bacitracin biosynthesis operon of Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 10716: Molecular characterization of three multi-modular peptide synthetases

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 927-937

  Konz, Dirk ^a   Klens, Andrea ^a   Schörgendorfer, Kurt ^b   Marahiel, Mohamed A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformus; Bacitracin; DNA sequence; Peptide antibiotics; Peptide synthetases; Thiazoline ring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031459595     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(97)90301-X     Document Type: Article

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