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FEMS microbiology letters. 2003-01-28; 218.2: 223-30.

Cloning and characterization of a gene cluster for geldanamycin production in Streptomyces hygroscopicus NRRL 3602

Rascher A, Hu Z, Viswanathan N, Schirmer A, Reid R, Nierman WC, Lewis M, Hutchinson CR

PMID: 12586396

Abstract

We illustrate the use of a PCR-based method by which the genomic DNA of a microorganism can be rapidly queried for the presence of type I modular polyketide synthase genes to clone and characterize, by sequence analysis and gene disruption, a major portion of the geldanamycin production gene cluster from Streptomyces hygroscopicus var. geldanus NRRL 3602.

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