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Characterization of the ‘pristinamycin supercluster’ of <i>Streptomyces pristinaespiralis</i>
15 Oct 2010
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Pristinamycin, produced by Streptomyces pristinaespiralis Pr11, is a streptogramin antibiotic consisting of two chemically unrelated compounds, pristinamycin I and pristinamycin II. The semi-synthetic derivatives of these compounds are used in human medicine as therapeutic agents against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. Only the partial sequence of the pristinamycin biosynthetic gene cluster...
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