Three unlinked gene clusters are involved in clavam metabolite biosynthesis in Streptomyces clavuligerus

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 803-810

  Tahlan, Kapil ^a   Park, Hyeon Ung ^a,b   Jensen, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clavams; Clavulanic acid; Gene clusters; Paralogues; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOMES; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; GENES;

GENE CLUSTERS; PROKARYOTES; PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLAVAMINIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME WALKING; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLAVULANIC ACIDS; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 11044239452     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-070     Document Type: Article

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