Five Additional Genes Are Involved in Clavulanic Acid Biosynthesis in Streptomyces clavuligerus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 192-202

  Jensen, S E ^a   Paradkar, A S ^a,c   Mosher, R H ^a,d   Anders, C ^a   Beatty, P H ^a   Brumlik, M J ^a,e   Griffin, A ^b   Barton, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c DIVERSA CORPORATION   (United States)

^d WAGNER COLLEGE   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DRUG METABOLITE; ISOENZYME; N ACETYLGLYCYLCLAVAMINIC ACID; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG TARGETING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLAVULANIC ACID; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0347361709     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.1.192-202.2004     Document Type: Article

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