Disruption of a sigma factor gene, sigF, affects an intermediate stage of spore pigment production in Streptomyces aureofaciens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 371-377

  Řežuchová, Bronislava ^a   Barák, Imrich ^a   Kormanec, Ján ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Gene disruption; Pigment production; Sigma factor; Spore maturation; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

DNA; KANAMYCIN; PIGMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; THIOSTREPTON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOMYCES AUREOFACIENS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOMYCES AUREOFACIENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES AUREOFACIENS;

EID: 17144471939     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00276-0     Document Type: Article

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