Expression of ccaR, encoding the positive activator of cephamycin C and clavulanic acid production in Streptomyces clavuligerus, is dependent on bldG

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1529-1541

  Bignell, Dawn R D ^a,b   Tahlan, Kapil ^a   Colvin, Kimberley R ^a   Jensen, Susan E ^a   Leskiw, Brenda K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHAMYCIN C; CLAVULANIC ACID; DNA FRAGMENT; RNA HELICASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BLDG GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CEPHAMYCINS; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 16244415184     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1529-1541.2005     Document Type: Article

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