Cloning and characterization of a regulatory gene of the SARP family and its flanking region from Streptomyces ambofaciens

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 730-737

  Culebras, E ^a   Martinez E ^a   Carnero, A ^a   Malpartida, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; bldA; Polyketide biosynthesis; Thioesterase; Transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; SPIRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES AMBOFACIENS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRAQUINONES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES AMBOFACIENS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0343775627     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051135     Document Type: Article

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