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. 1976 Jan;31(1):143–145. doi: 10.1128/aem.31.1.143-145.1976

Effect of norleucine on mycelial fragmentation in Cephalosporium acremonium.

S W Drew, D J Winstanley, A L Demain
PMCID: PMC169732  PMID: 945975

Abstract

DL-Norleucine, which is known to replace methionine for stimulation of cephalosporin C formation, also mimics methionine's effect on arthrospore formation. Thus, hyphal fragmentation, like antibiotic biosynthesis, is divorced from a sulfur donation role.

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