Mutational biosynthesis of novel rapamycins by a strain of Streptomyces hygroscopicus NRRL 5491 disrupted in rapL, encoding a putative lysine cyclodeaminase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 809-814

  Khaw, Lake Ee ^a   Böhm, Günter A ^a   Metcalfe, Su ^b   Staunton, James ^a   Leadlay, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAMINASE; RAPAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS;

FUNGI; STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS;

EID: 2642591970     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.4.809-814.1998     Document Type: Article

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