A functional screen for recovery of 4′-phosphopantetheinyl transferase and associated natural product biosynthesis genes from metagenome libraries

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1198-1209

  Owen, J G ^a,c   Robins, K J ^a   Parachin, N S ^b,d   Ackerley, D F ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOPANTETHEINYL TRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; METAGENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES LAVENDULAE;

EID: 84859988527     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02699.x     Document Type: Article

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