Involvement of nitrogen-containing compounds in β-lactam biosynthesis and its control

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-82

  Demain, Arnold ^a   Vaishnav, Preeti ^b  

^a DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

lactams; Amino acids; Antibiotics; Biosynthesis; Cephalosporins; Penicillin; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; METABOLITES;

Β-LACTAMS; CEPHALOSPORINS; PENICILLIN; REGULATION;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

1 CARBA 2 PENEM 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CADAVERINE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DIAMINE; DIAMINOPROPANE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOSERINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NOCARDICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PUTRESCINE; THIENAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ACETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTER; FUNGUS; GLUCONOBACTER; MICROCOCCUS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; NRE GENE; PAECILOMYCES; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS; STREPTOMYCES JIUMONJINENSIS; STREPTOMYCES KATSURAHAMANUS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BETA-LACTAMS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DIAMINES; FUNGI; PENICILLINS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); FUNGI;

EID: 33745699440     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388550600671466     Document Type: Review

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