Biosynthesis of rubradirin as an ansamycin antibiotic from Streptomyces achromogenes var. rubradiris NRRL3061

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-473

  Kim, Chun Gyu ^a   Lamichhane, Janardan ^b   Song, Kwang Il ^a   Nguyen, Van D ^a   Kim, Dong Hee ^a   Jeong, Tae Sung ^a   Kang, Sung Ho ^a   Kim, Kyoung Wook ^a   Maharjan, Jyoti ^b   Hong, Young Soo ^c   Kang, Jae Seon ^a   Yoo, Jin Cheol ^d   Lee, Jung Joon ^c   Oh, Tae Jin ^b   Liou, Kwangkyoung ^b   Sohng, Jae Kyung ^b  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ansamycin; Biosynthesis; Polyketide synthase; Rubradirin; Rubranitrose; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ANSAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RUBRADIRIN; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; COSMID; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ACHROMOGENES;

AMINOBENZOIC ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; COSMIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERMENTATION; GENE SILENCING; GLYCOSIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOMYCES;

RUBA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ACHROMOGENES;

EID: 42449104011     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0337-3     Document Type: Article

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