Gramicidin S biosynthesis operon containing the structural genes grsA and grsB has an open reading frame encoding a protein homologous to fatty acid thioesterases.

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Published in J Bacteriol on October 01, 1989

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J Krätzschmar1, M Krause, M A Marahiel

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1: Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Biologie, Technische Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.

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