Cloning, sequencing and function of sanA, a gene involved in nikkomycin biosynthesis of Streptomyces ansochromogenes

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-38

  Jia, Junyong ^a   Li, Wenli ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Nie, Liping ^a   Tan, Huarong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Complementary cloning; Nikkomycin biosynthesis gene; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044461940     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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