Connecting primary and secondary metabolism: AreB, an IclR-like protein, binds the AREccaR sequence of S. clavuligerus and modulates leucine biosynthesis and cephamycin C and clavulanic acid production

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 511-524

  Santamarta, Irene ^a   López García, M Teresa ^a,b   Pérez Redondo, Rosario ^b   Koekman, Bert ^c   Martín, Juan F ^a,b   Liras, Paloma ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c DSM RESOLVE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREAB; CEPHAMYCIN C; CLAVULANIC ACID; LEUCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIGESTION; DNA BINDING; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; METABOLISM; MODULATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

ACETATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CEPHAMYCINS; CLAVULANIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

EID: 34748813819     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05937.x     Document Type: Article

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