Cloning and partial characterizaton of zwittermicin a resistance gene cluster from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain HD1

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 495-503

  Nair, J R ^a,b   Narasimman, G ^a   Sekar, V ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti fungal activity; Bacillus thuringiensis Acyl carrier protein; Biosynthetic gene; D alanyl carrier protein; Gene cluster; HCDH; Lambda; PCR; Resistance gene; Zwittermicin

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; FUNGI; PROTEINS;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEINS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSI ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE; CARRIER PROTEINS; D-ALANYL CARRIER PROTEIN; GENE CLUSTERS; HCDH; LAMBDA'S; PCR; RESISTANCE GENES; ZWITTERMICIN;

GENES;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZWITTERMICIN A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ZMAR PROTEIN, BACILLUS;

BACTERIUM; GENE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERWINIA; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPHTHORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOPUS; SEROTYPE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; BACTERIAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA HERBICOLA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MEADII; POSIBACTERIA; RHIZOPUS; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 4444331937     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02312.x     Document Type: Article

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