Genetics and biochemistry of antibiotic production /

* Emphasizes the molecular genetics of antibiotic production * Provides the latest information on the organization of genes encoding the biosynthetic pathway * Explores the mechanisms governing their expression and regulation * Examines the role of resistance genes in protecting organisms from their...

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Main Authors: Vining, Leo C.
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Stuttard, Colin.
Published: Butterworth-Heinemann,
Publisher Address: Boston :
Publication Dates: 1995.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Biotechnology series ; 28
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750690959
Summary: * Emphasizes the molecular genetics of antibiotic production * Provides the latest information on the organization of genes encoding the biosynthetic pathway * Explores the mechanisms governing their expression and regulation * Examines the role of resistance genes in protecting organisms from their own lethal products.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxii, 679 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781483295077
1483295079
Index Number: TP248
CLC: TQ465
Contents: Sect. A. Genetic and Environmental Control of Antibiotic Production. 1. Global Physiological Controls / Janice L. Doull and Leo C. Vining. 2. Genetics of Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), a Model Streptomycete / David A. Hopwood, Keith F. Chater and Mervyn J. Bibb. 3. Autoregulators / Sueharu Horinouchi and Teruhiko Beppu -- Sect. B. Peptide and Peptide-Derived Antibiotics. 4. Peptides / Hans von Dohren. 5. Peptidolactones / Ullrich Keller. 6. Bialaphos / Charles J. Thompson and Haruo Seto. 7. Thiopeptides / William R. Strohl and Heinz-Gunter Floss. 8. Beta-Lactams / Susan E. Jensen and Arnold L. Demain. 9. Glycopeptides / Milton J. Zmijewski, Jr. and Jeffrey T. Fayerman. 10. Lantibiotics / Michael J. Gasson. 11. Microcins / Felipe Moreno, Jose Luis San Millan, Concepcion Hernandez-Chico and Roberto Kolter -- Sect. C. Polyketide-Derived Antibiotics. 12. Anthracyclines / C. Richard Hutchinson. 13. Tetracyclines / Vladislav Behal and Iain S. Hunter.