In Vivo Analysis of the Regulatory Genes in the Nystatin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster of Streptomyces noursei ATCC 11455 Reveals Their Differential Control over Antibiotic Biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1345-1354

  Sekurova, Olga N ^a   Brautaset, Trygve ^a   Sletta, Håvard ^b   Borgos, Sven E F ^a   Jakobsen, Øyvind M ^a   Ellingsen, Trond E ^b   Strøm, Arne R ^a   Valla, Svein ^a   Zotchev, Sergey B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYSTATIN;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYSR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES NOURSEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NYSTATIN; OXYGENASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES NOURSEI;

EID: 1342304165     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1345-1354.2004     Document Type: Article

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