The bldB gene encodes a small protein required for morphogenesis, antibiotic production, and catabolite control in Streptomyces coelicolor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1556-1562

  Pope, Margaret K ^a,b   Green, Brian ^a,c   Westpheling, Janet ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DIVERSA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REGULATOR GENE; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031941634     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1556-1562.1998     Document Type: Article

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