Identification of two genes from Streptomyces argillaceus encoding glycosyltransferases involved in transfer of a disaccharide during biosynthesis of the antitumor drug mithramycin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 4929-4937

  Fernández, Ernestina ^a   Weißbach, Ulrike ^b   Reillo, César Sánchez ^a   Braña, Alfredo F ^a   Méndez, Carmen ^a   Rohr, Jürgen ^b,c   Salas, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; DISACCHARIDE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MITHRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLYCOSYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ARGILLACEUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ARGILLACEUS; STREPTOMYCINEAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031690038     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.18.4929-4937.1998     Document Type: Article

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