Biosynthesis of kalafungin in Streptomyces tanashiensis.

doi:10.7164/antibiotics.43.391

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Biosynthesis of kalafungin in Streptomyces tanashiensis.

The Journal of antibiotics - 1 Apr 1990

Kakinuma S, Ikeda H, Omura S, Hopwood D A

Abstract excerpt

The mutants of Streptomyces tanashiensis strain Kala, which were specifically blocked in the synthesis of the benzoisochromanequinone antibiotic kalafungin, were isolated and classified into seven phenotypic classes on the basis of the antibiotic activity and cosynthetic properties. The polarity...

Topics

Antifungal Agents
Chromatography, Thin Layer
Culture Media
Molecular Structure
Mutation
Naphthoquinones
Streptomyces

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