Elucidation of the function of two glycosyltransferase genes (lanGT1 and lanGT4) involved in landomycin biosynthesis and generation of new oligosaccharide antibiotics

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1239-1252

  Trefzer, Axel ^a   Fischer, Carsten ^b   Stockert, Sigrid ^a   Westrich, Lucy ^a   Künzel, Eva ^b   Girreser, Ulrich ^c   Rohr, Jürgen ^b   Bechthold, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combinatorial biosynthesis; Glycosyltransferase; Landomycin; Urdamycin; Vector system

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCES CYANOGENUS; STREPTOMYCES FRADIAE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LANDOMYCIN A; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VECTOR; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STREPTOMYCES;

ANTIBIOTICS, AMINOGLYCOSIDE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOMYCES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0035542859     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(01)00091-6     Document Type: Article

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