Identification of three Zwittermicin A biosynthesis-related genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain YBT-1520

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-319

  Zhao, Changming ^a   Luo, Yi ^a   Song, Chunxu ^a   Liu, Zhongxin ^a   Chen, Shouwen ^a   Yu, Ziniu ^a   Sun, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2,3 Diaminopropionate; BAC library; Bacillus thuringiensis; Zwittermicin A

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZWITTERMICIN A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS;

EID: 33947374758     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0196-3     Document Type: Article

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