Chapter 18 Molecular Genetic Approaches to Analyze Glycopeptide Biosynthesis

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 458, Issue A, 2009, Pages 459-486

  Wohlleben, Wolfgang ^a   Stegmann, Evi ^a   Süssmuth, Roderich D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALHIMYCIN; COMPLESTATIN; CYTOCHROME P450; DALBAVANCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; ORITAVANCIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; TELAVANCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CHLORINATION; CYCLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GLYCOSYLATION; HALOGENATION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTINOBACTERIA; GLYCOPEPTIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 64249110009     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(09)04818-6     Document Type: Review

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