The granaticin biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces violaceoruber Tu22: Sequence analysis and expression in a heterologous host

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 647-659

  Ichinose, Koji ^a,b   Bedford, David J ^a   Tornus, Diethild ^c,d   Bechthold, Andreas ^c,e   Bibb, Maureen J ^a   Revill, W Peter ^a   Floss, Heinz G ^c   Hopwood, David A ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic biosynthesis; Benzoisochromanequinones; Deoxysugar biosynthesis; Pathway specific activator gene; Polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

ACTINORHODINE; BASE PAIRING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COSMID; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; GRANATICIN; METABOLITE; MICROBE METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMALIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES VIOLACEORUBER;

EID: 0032213555     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(98)90292-7     Document Type: Article

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