A genetically engineered strain of Saccharopolyspora erythraea that produces 6,12-dideoxyerythromycin A as the major fermentation product

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 725-731

  Stassi, D ^a   Post, D ^a   Satter, M ^a   Jackson, M ^a   Maine, G ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6,12 DIDEOXYERYTHROMYCIN A; ERYTHROMYCIN DERIVATIVE; HYDROGENASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXYGENASE; PLASMID VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTANT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA;

SACCHAROPOLYSPORA ERYTHRAEA;

EID: 0031837864     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051238     Document Type: Article

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