Identification and in vivo functional analysis of a virginiamycin s resistance gene (vars) from streptomyces virginiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3293-3297

  Lee, Chang Kwon ^a   Kamitani, Yuka ^a   Nihira, Takuya ^a   Yamada, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRGINIAMYCIN S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON; STREPTOMYCES;

POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; STREPTOMYCES VIRGINIAE; VIRGINIAE;

EID: 0032964961     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3293-3297.1999     Document Type: Article

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