Repression of antibiotic production and sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor by overexpression of a TetR family transcriptional regulator

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7741-7753

  Xu, Delin ^a   Seghezzi, Nicolas ^a,b   Esnault, Catherine ^a   Virolle, Marie Joelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCTION; CALCIUM DEPENDENT ANTIBIOTICS; DIFFERENTIATION PROCESS; FUNCTIONAL INTERACTION; PROMOTER SEQUENCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITOR; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; SPORULATION;

STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 78650385274     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00819-10     Document Type: Article

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