Streptomycetes, soil-dwelling mycelial bacteria that form sporulating aerial branches, have
an exceptionally large number of predicted secreted proteins, including many exported via …

Agar is a mixture of heterogeneous galactans, mainly composed of 3, 6-anhydro-l-
galactoses (or l-galactose-6-sulfates) d-galactoses and l-galactoses (routinely in the forms of …

The sigE gene of Streptomyces coelicolor A3 (2) encodes an RNA polymerase sigma factor
belonging to the extracytoplasmic function (ECF) subfamily. Constructed sigE deletion and …

Streptomycetes are Gram-positive bacteria with a unique capacity for the production of a
multitude of varied and complex secondary metabolites. They also have a complex life cycle …

As an undergraduate at Cambridge in the early 1950s, I had found genetics the most
exciting part of my courses. This was the main motivation for choosing Botany as my Part II …

Over billions of years, the ocean has been regarded as the origin of life on Earth. The ocean
includes the largest range of habitats, hosting the most life-forms. Competition amongst …

The DNA sequences associated with 139 apparent streptomycete transcriptional start sites
are compiled and compared. Of these, 29 promoters appeared to belong to a group which …

Abstract Agars and carrageenans are 1, 3-α-1, 4-β-galactans from the cell walls of red algae,
substituted by zero (agarose), one (κ-), two (ι-), or three (λ-carrageenan) sulfate groups per …

Members of the genus Streptomjces belong to the family Actinomycetales, a division of the
Gram-positive bacteria characterized by a high genomic G+ C content (mean 74 …

Secretory signal peptides from individual prokaryotic and eukaryotic species have been
analyzed, and the lengths and amino acid compositions of the positively charged amino …