Giant linear plasmids in Streptomyces: A treasure trove of antibiotic biosynthetic clusters

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-25

  Kinashi, Haruyasu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

antibiotic; biosynthesis; horizontal transfer; linear plasmid; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

8,15 DIDEOXYLANKANOLIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC C 1027; CEPHAMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ECHINOMYCIN; LANKACIDIN C; LANKAMYCIN; LASALOCID; LEINAMYCIN; METHYLENOMYCIN A; OXYTETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINOSTATIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME; GENOME; HOST; HYPOTHESIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 79251638546     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2010.146     Document Type: Review

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