Engineering of regulatory cascades and networks controlling antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-273

  Martín, Juan Francisco ^a,b   Liras, Paloma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BUTYROLACTONE; RECEPTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTIC REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOENGINEERING; CELL STRESS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 77952909070     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.02.008     Document Type: Review

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