Mutational analysis of nocK and nocL in the nocardicin A producer Nocardia uniformis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 739-746

  Kelly, Wendy L ^a,b   Townsend, Craig A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CYTOCHROME P450; NOCARDICIN A; NOCARDICIN N OXYGENASE; OXIME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYSIS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESTERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LACTAMS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NOCARDIA; OXYGENASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA UNIFORMIS; NOCARDIA UNIFORMIS SUBSP. TSUYAMANENSIS; POSIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 11844271562     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.2.739-746.2005     Document Type: Article

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