Exochelin genes in Mycobacterium smegmatis: Identification of an ABC transporter and two non-ribosomal peptide synthetase genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 629-639

  Zhu, Wenming ^a   Arceneaux, Jean E L ^a   Beggs, Marjorie L ^b   Byers, B Rowe ^a   Eisenach, Kathleen D ^b   Lundrigan, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; EXOCHELIN; MYCOBACTIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENETICS; IRON CHELATION; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RIBOSOMES; SIDEROPHORES;

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

EID: 0031820390     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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