Biosynthesis of the lantibiotic mersacidin: Organization of a type B lantibiotic gene cluster

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2565-2571

  Altena, Karsten ^a,b   Guder, André ^a   Cramer, Claudia ^a   Bierbaum, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Pharma Zentrale GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTIBIOTIC; MERSACIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS; BACTERIOCINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034120975     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2565-2571.2000     Document Type: Article

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