Cloning, sequence analysis and disruption of the mglA gene involved in swarming motility of Sorangium cellulosum So ce26, a producer of the antifungal polyketide antibiotic soraphen A

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-274

  Zirkle, Ross ^a,b,c   Ligon, James M ^a   Molnár, István ^a  

^a SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Martek Biosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Gliding motility; Myxobacteria; Regulation of motility; Sorangium cellulosum; Swarming

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CELLS; CLONING; FUNGI; GENES;

FUNGICIDE ANTIBIOTICS; GLIDING MOTILITY SYSTEMS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

FUNGICIDE; SORAPHEN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SORANGIUM CELLULOSUM;

FUNGI; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POLYANGIUM CELLULOSUM; SORANGINEAE; SORANGIUM CELLULOSUM;

EID: 2342587375     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.97.267     Document Type: Article

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