Prodiginines Postpone the Onset of Sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Inhibition of PdGs Synthesis Causes Precocious Onset of S. coelicolor Morphological Differentiation
2.2. Inhibition of Prodiginine Synthesis Accelerates Transcription of the Late Developmental Genes
2.3. Survival of S. coelicolor to Prodiginine Production
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Strains and Culture Conditions
4.2. Antibiotic Production
4.3. Transcriptional Analysis
4.4. Scanning Electron Microscopy
4.5. In Situ Visualization by Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tenconi, E.; Traxler, M.; Tellatin, D.; van Wezel, G.P.; Rigali, S. Prodiginines Postpone the Onset of Sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor. Antibiotics 2020, 9, 847. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9120847
Tenconi E, Traxler M, Tellatin D, van Wezel GP, Rigali S. Prodiginines Postpone the Onset of Sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor. Antibiotics. 2020; 9(12):847. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9120847
Chicago/Turabian StyleTenconi, Elodie, Matthew Traxler, Déborah Tellatin, Gilles P. van Wezel, and Sébastien Rigali. 2020. "Prodiginines Postpone the Onset of Sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor" Antibiotics 9, no. 12: 847. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9120847
APA StyleTenconi, E., Traxler, M., Tellatin, D., van Wezel, G. P., & Rigali, S. (2020). Prodiginines Postpone the Onset of Sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor. Antibiotics, 9(12), 847. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9120847