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Deoxysugar Methylation during Biosynthesis of the Antitumor Polyketide Elloramycin by Streptomyces olivaceus
1 Jun 2001
Abstract excerpt
The anthracycline-like polyketide drug elloramycin is produced by Streptomyces olivaceus Tü2353. Elloramycin has antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria and also exhibits antitumor activity. From a cosmid clone (cos16F4) containing part of the elloramycin biosynthesis gene cluster, three genes (elmMI, elmMII, and elmMIII) have been cloned. Sequence analysis and data base comparison showed that their...
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