Structural and functional analysis of the gene cluster encoding carotenoid biosynthesis in Mycobacterium aurum A+

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-101

  Viveiros, Miguel ^a   Krubasik, Philipp ^b   Sandmann, Gerhard ^b   Houssaini Iraqui, Mohamed ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Carotenogenic gene cluster expression; Isoneriatene synthase; Mycobacterium aurum; Phytoene cyclase; Phytoene desaturase

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BREVIBACTERIUM LINENS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AURUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYXOCOCCALES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AURUM;

EID: 0034213794     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00182-8     Document Type: Article

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