Intermediates of rifamycin polyketide synthase produced by an Amycolatopsis mediterranei mutant with inactivated rifF gene

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3365-3375

  Stratmann, Ansgar ^a   Toupet, Christiane ^a   Schilling, Wolfgang ^a   Traber, René ^a   Oberer, Lukas ^a   Schupp, Thomas ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amide synthase; Ansamycins; Antibiotic biosynthesis; Gene replacement; Pathway engineering

Indexed keywords

POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; RIFAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NOCARDIA MEDITERRANEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AMYCOLATOPSIS MEDITERRANEI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 0033376447     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-12-3365     Document Type: Article

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