Discovery of parallel pathways of kanamycin biosynthesis allows antibiotic manipulation

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 843-852

  Park, Je Won ^a,b   Park, Sung Ryeol ^a   Nepal, Keshav Kumar ^b   Han, Ah Reum ^c   Ban, Yeon Hee ^a   Yoo, Young Ji ^a   Kim, Eun Ji ^a   Kim, Eui Min ^b   Kim, Dooil ^d   Sohng, Jae Kyung ^b   Yoon, Yeo Joon ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; KANAMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES KANAMYCETICUS; STREPTOMYCES VENEZUELAE;

STREPTOMYCES KANAMYCETICUS; STREPTOMYCES VENEZUELAE;

EID: 80054858740     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.671     Document Type: Article

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