Gene cluster in Micromonospora echinospora ATCC15835 for the biosynthesis of the gentamicin C complex

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 436-445

  Unwin, Jamie ^a   Standage, Scott ^a   Alexander, Dylan ^b   Hosted Jr , Thomas ^c   Horan, Ann C ^c   Wellington, Elizabeth M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCYCLITOL; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUTIROSIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GENTAMICIN C; NUCLEOTIDE; SYNTHETASE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; DNA FLANKING REGION; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MICROMONOSPORA; MICROMONOSPORA ECHINOSPORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUICIDE GENE;

BACILLUS CIRCULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROMONOSPORA ECHINOSPORA;

EID: 4444295874     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.57.436     Document Type: Article

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