Analysis of the exochelin locus in Mycobacterium smegmatis: Biosynthesis genes have homology with genes of the peptide synthetase family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4676-4685

  Yu, Shengwei ^a   Fiss, Ellen ^a   Jacobs Jr , William R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOCHELIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IRON TRANSPORT; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031783529     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4676-4685.1998     Document Type: Article

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