A comparison of the clavam biosynthetic gene clusters in Streptomyces antibioticus Tü1718 and Streptomyces clavuligerus

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-425

  Nobary, Sarah Goomeshi ^a   Jensen, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

lactam; Alanylclavam; Clavamycin; Clavulanic acid; Valclavam

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; METABOLITE; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTIAL DRUG SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLAVULANIC ACIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS;

STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

EID: 84859365797     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W2012-012     Document Type: Article

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