The large linear plasmid pSLA2-L of Streptomyces rochei has an unusually condensed gene organization for secondary metabolism

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1501-1510

  Mochizuki, Susumu ^a   Hiratsu, Keiichiro ^a   Suwa, Masanori ^a   Ishii, Tatsuya ^a   Sugino, Fuminori ^a   Yamada, Kohei ^a   Kinashi, Haruyasu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CAROTENOID; FACTOR A; HYBRID PROTEIN; LANKACIDIN; LANKAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MITHRAMYCIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADPA GENE; AFSA GENE; ARPA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; STREPTOMYCES ROCHEI; STRR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MACROLIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; PLICAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; STREPTOMYCES ROCHEI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038644393     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03523.x     Document Type: Article

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