Insertional inactivation of mtrX and mtrY genes from the mithramycin gene cluster affects production and growth of the producer organism Streptomyces argillaceus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-65

  Garcia Bernardo, Jose ^a   Braña, Alfredo F ^a   Méndez, Carmen ^a   Salas, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Anticancer; Antitumor; Polyketide; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MITHRAMYCIN; POLYKETIDE;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DNA REPAIR; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES ARGILLACEUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLICAMYCIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ALBUS; STREPTOMYCES ARGILLACEUS;

EID: 0034193797     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00116-6     Document Type: Article

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