Engineered biosynthesis of peptide antibiotics

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-186

  Stachelhaus, T ^a   Schneider, A ^a   Marahiel, M A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

domain structure; drug design; genetic engineering; non ribosomal peptide biosynthesis; peptide antibiotics; peptide synthetases

Indexed keywords

AMFOMYCIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BIALAPHOS; CYCLOSPORIN A; GRAMICIDIN S; GRISEIN; HC TOXIN; ITURIN; MICROCOCCIN; MYCOSUBTILIN; OCTAPEPTIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; SAFRAMYCIN; SURFACTIN; SYRINGOMYCIN; TYROCIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HYBRID GENE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030017618     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(96)00111-6     Document Type: Note

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