Biosynthetic genes for aminoglycoside antibiotics

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 471-481

  Kudo, Fumitaka ^a   Eguchi, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminocyclitol; Aminoglycoside antibiotics; Biosynthesis; Biosynthetic enzyme; Biosynthetic gene

Indexed keywords

2 DEOXYSTREPTAMINE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APRAMYCIN; ASTROMICIN; BLUENSOMYCIN; BUTIROSIN; FORTIMICIN; GENTAMICIN; HYGROMYCIN; ISTAMYCIN A; KANAMYCIN; KASUGAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSAMINES; LYASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349596297     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2009.76     Document Type: Review

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