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Tailoring modification of deoxysugars during biosynthesis of the antitumour drug chromomycin A3 by Streptomyces griseus ssp. griseus

  1. Nuria Menéndez1,
  2. Mohammad Nur-e-Alam2,
  3. Alfredo F. Braña1,
  4. Jürgen Rohr2,
  5. José A. Salas1,
  6. Carmen Méndez1,*

Article first published online: 22 JUN 2004

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04166.x

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Molecular Microbiology

Molecular Microbiology

Volume 53, Issue 3, pages 903–915, August 2004

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Menéndez, N., Nur-e-Alam, M., Braña, A. F., Rohr, J., Salas, J. A. and Méndez, C. (2004), Tailoring modification of deoxysugars during biosynthesis of the antitumour drug chromomycin A3 by Streptomyces griseus ssp. griseus. Molecular Microbiology, 53: 903–915. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04166.x

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  1. 1

    Departamento de Biología Funcional e Instituto Universitario de Oncología (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.

  2. 2

    College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

* E-mail cmendezf@uniovi.es; Tel. (+34) 985 103558; Fax (+34) 985 103652.

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  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2004
  2. Article first published online: 22 JUN 2004
  3. Accepted 8 April, 2004.

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