The pathway-specific regulator ClaR of Streptomyces clavuligerus has a global effect on the expression of genes for secondary metabolism and differentiation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 6637-6648

  Martínez Burgo, Yolanda ^a   Álvarez Álvarez, Rubén ^a   Rodríguez García, Antonio ^a,b   Liras, Paloma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; PARTIAL EXPRESSIONS; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITES; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS; WILD-TYPE LEVELS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; METABOLISM; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLAR PROTEIN, STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS; CLAVULANIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLISM; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SIGMA FACTOR; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84940771094     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00916-15     Document Type: Article

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