Improved erythromycin production in a genetically engineered industrial strain of Saccharopolyspora erythraea

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 561-566

  Minas, Wolfgang ^a   Brünker, Peter ^a   Kallio, Pauli T ^a   Bailey, James E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FERMENTATION; GENES; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTEINS;

ERYTHROMYCIN;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOGLOBINS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA;

EID: 0032128237     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp980055t     Document Type: Article

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