Hormonal control by A-factor of morphological development and secondary metabolism in Streptomyces

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 83, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 277-295

  Horinouchi, Sueharu ^a   Beppu, Teruhiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A factor; A factor receptor; Morphological differentiation; Secondary metabolism; Streptomyces; Streptomycin biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

EID: 37548998935     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: 13492896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.83.277     Document Type: Review

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