Phosphate control of oxytetracycline production by Streptomyces rimosus is at the level of transcription from promoters overlapped by tandem repeats similar to those of the DNA-binding sites of the OmpR family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3025-3032

  McDowall, Kenneth J ^a   Thamchaipenet, Arinthip ^c   Hunter, Iain S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTETRACYCLINE; PHOSPHATE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOMYCES; TANDEM REPEAT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES RIMOSUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032914702     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3025-3032.1999     Document Type: Article

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