Genetically engineered synthesis of natural products: From alkaloids to corrins

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1996, Pages 467-490

  Roessner, Charles A ^a   Scott, A Ian ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbohydrate synthesis; in vitro multienzyme synthesis; polyketide synthesis; recombinant enzymes; vitamin B12 synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; NATURAL PRODUCT; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALKALOIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEME; VITAMIN B 12;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029840799     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.50.1.467     Document Type: Review

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