Alternative modular polyketide synthase expression controls macrolactone structure

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6769, 2000, Pages 571-575

  Xue, Yongquan ^a   Sherman, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTONE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOMYCES VENEZUELAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; LACTONES; MACROLIDES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES VENEZUELAE;

EID: 0034598743     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35000624     Document Type: Article

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