Identification of the biosynthetic gene cluster for the Pseudomonas aeruginosa antimetabolite L-2-amino-4-methoxy-trans-3-butenoic acid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4251-4255

  Lee, Xiaoyun ^a   Fox, Áine ^a,d   Sufrin, Janice ^b   Henry, Hugues ^c   Majcherczyk, Paul ^a   Haas, Dieter ^a   Reimmann, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d AIDD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 METHOXY 3 BUTENOIC ACID; ANTIMETABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-AMINO-4-METHOXY-3-BUTENOIC ACID; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77955929990     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00492-10     Document Type: Article

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