Time-lapsed confocal microscopy reveals temporal and spatial expression of the lysine ε-aminotransferase gene in Streptomyces clavuligerus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 878-886

  Han, Lei ^a   Khetan, Anurag ^b   Hu, Wei Shou ^b   Sherman, David H ^a  

^a Biol Process Technology Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHAMYCIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSINE 6 AMINOTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

EID: 0033428496     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01638.x     Document Type: Article

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