From microbial differentiation to ribosome engineering

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1373-1386

  Ochi, Kozo ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic production; Bacillus; ppGpp; Streptomyces; Stringent response

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DISEASES; ENZYMES; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTIBIOTICS PRODUCTION; STREPTOMYCES; STRINGENT RESPONSE;

BACTERIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; STREPTOMYCES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RIBOSOMES; STREPTOMYCES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 34347344063     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70007     Document Type: Review

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