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Genetic and physiological characterization of rpoB mutations that activate antibiotic production in Streptomyces lividans.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Nov 2002
Lai Caixia, Xu Jun, Tozawa Yuzuru, Okamoto-Hosoya Yoshiko, Yao Xingsheng, Ochi Kozo
Abstract excerpt
Antibiotic production in Streptomyces lividans can be activated by introducing certain mutations (rif) into the rpoB gene that confer resistance to rifampicin. Working with the most typical (rif-17) mutant strain, KO-417, the rif-17 mutation was characterized. The rif-17 mutation was shown to be responsible for activating antibiotic production and for reducing the growth rate of strain KO-417, as demonstrated by...
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