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An unexpected role for the putative 4′-phosphopantetheinyl transferase-encoding gene nysF in the regulation of nystatin biosynthesis in Streptomyces noursei ATCC 11455

  1. Olga Volokhan1,
  2. Håvard Sletta2,
  3. Olga N. Sekurova1,
  4. Trond E. Ellingsen2,
  5. Sergey B. Zotchev1,*

Article first published online: 9 JAN 2006

DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.05.052

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FEMS Microbiology Letters

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volume 249, Issue 1, pages 57–64, August 2005

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Volokhan, O., Sletta, H., Sekurova, O. N., Ellingsen, T. E. and Zotchev, S. B. (2005), An unexpected role for the putative 4′-phosphopantetheinyl transferase-encoding gene nysF in the regulation of nystatin biosynthesis in Streptomyces noursei ATCC 11455. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 249: 57–64. doi: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.05.052

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  1. 1

    Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

  2. 2

    SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, SINTEF, N-7034, Trondheim, Norway

* *Corresponding author. Tel.: +47 73 59 86 79; fax: +47 73 59 12 83., E-mail address: sergey.zotchev@biotech.ntnu.no

  1. Edited by J.A. Gil

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  1. Issue published online: 9 JAN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 9 JAN 2006
  3. Received 25 April 2005, Revised 31 May 2005, Accepted 31 May 2005

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