Induction of antimicrobial activities in heterologous streptomycetes using alleles of the Streptomyces coelicolor gene absA1

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 177-182

  McKenzie, Nancy L ^a   Thaker, Maulik ^a   Koteva, Kalinka ^a   Hughes, Donald W ^b   Wright, Gerard D ^a   Nodwell, Justin R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AbsA1; Antibiotic discovery; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PULVOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; BURKHOLDERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PURIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCETACEAE;

ALLELES; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

EID: 77951742010     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2010.13     Document Type: Article

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