Biosynthesis of tripyrrole and β-lactam secondary metabolites in Serratia: Integration of quorum sensing with multiple new regulatory components in the control of prodigiosin and carbapenem antibiotic production

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1495-1517

  Fineran, Peter C ^a   Slater, Holly ^a   Everson, Lee ^a   Hughes, Katie ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BETA LACTAM; CARBAPENEM; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PRODIGIOSIN; PROTEIN SMAL; PROTEIN SMAR; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PIGP GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMS; CARBAPENEMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRODIGIOSIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SERRATIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SERRATIA; SERRATIA SP.; SERRATIA SP. ATCC 39006; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 18444367148     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04660.x     Document Type: Article

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