Macrolide antibiotic resistance and production in Streptomyces narbonensis

Narbomycin, a macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces narbonensis, consists of a 14-atom polyketide to which the deoxyhexose sugar, desosamine, is attached. The aim of this study was to identify the desosamine biosynthetic gene cluster.;In Streptomyces there is a tendency for genes concerned w...

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Main Author: Jones, Tracey Ann
Published: University of Leicester 1997
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696226