Identification of a gene cluster encoding meilingmycin biosynthesis among multiple polyketide synthase contigs isolated from Streptomyces nanchangensis NS3226

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-107

  Sun, Yuhui ^a   Zhou, Xiufen ^a,b   Tu, Guoquan ^c   Deng, Zixin ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic biosynthetic genes; Avermectin; Gene replacement in Streptomyces; Macrolide antibiotic; Polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AVERMECTIN; CONTIG; MACROLIDE; MEILINGMYCIN; MILBEMYCIN A; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC LINKAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES NANCHANGENSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; IVERMECTIN; MACROLIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES NANCHANGENSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0042158609     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0564-1     Document Type: Article

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