The Streptomyces peucetius dpsY and dnrX genes govern early and late steps of daunorubicin and doxorubicin biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2379-2386

  Lomovskaya, Natalia ^a   Doi Katayama, Yukiko ^a   Filippini, Sylvia ^b   Nastro, Cecilia ^b   Fonstein, Leonid ^a   Gallo, Mark ^a,c   Colombo, Anna Luisa ^b   Hutchinson, C Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Niagra College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES PEUCETIUS; TRIXIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031969350     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2379-2386.1998     Document Type: Article

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