Microbisporicin gene cluster reveals unusual features of lantibiotic biosynthesis in actinomycetes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 13461-13466

  Foulston, Lucy C ^a   Bibb, Mervyn J ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Extracytoplasmic function; Halogenase; Microbispora; Peptide; factor

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LANTIBIOTIC; MICROBISPORICIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIOCIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MIBA GENE; MICROBISPORA CORALLINA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 77955814236     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008285107     Document Type: Article

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