Gene organization and plasticity of the β-lactam genes in different filamentous fungi

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-94

  Gutiérrez, Santiago ^a,b   Fierro, Francisco ^a,b   Casqueiro, Javier ^a,b   Martín, Juan F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic genes; Chromosome resolution; Clusters; Evolution; Genome plasticity; lactam antibiotics

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ACREMONIUM CHRYSOGENUM; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CEPHALOSPORIUM; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM NALGIOVENSE; PENICILLIUM NOTATUM;

EID: 0344759157     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001861025070     Document Type: Article

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