Production of the potent antibacterial polyketide erythromycin C in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2539-2547

  Peirú, Salvador ^a,b   Menzella, Hugo G ^a,b   Rodríguez, Eduardo ^b   Carney, John ^b   Gramajo, Hugo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b KOSAN BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; STRAIN;

ANTIBACTERIA; MYCAROSE; OPERONS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

6 DEOXYERYTHRONOLIDE B; ERYTHROMYCIN C; ERYTHROMYCIN D; ERYTHROMYCIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHRONOLIDE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXYGENASE; PROTEIN MYCAROSYL TRANSFERASE; PROTEIN RIBOSOMALRNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TDP 4 KETO 6 DEOXYGLUCOSE; TDP DEXTRO DESOSAMINE; TDP LEVO MYCAROSE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OPERON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 18444395871     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2539-2547.2005     Document Type: Article

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