Deciphering the biosynthetic origin of the aglycone of the aureolic acid group of anti-tumor agents

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-196

  Blanco, Gloria ^a   Fu, Hong ^b   Mendez, Carmen ^a   Khosla, Chaitan ^b   Salas, Jose A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticancer agents; Biosynthesis; Chain length; Mithramycin; Polyketide synthases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ARGILLACEUS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; MITHRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLICAMYCIN;

EID: 0030090909     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(96)90262-8     Document Type: Article

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