A functional chimeric modular polyketide synthase generated via domain replacement

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 827-831

  Bedford, David ^a,e   Jacobsen, John R ^a,b   Luo, Guanglin ^a,b   Cane, David E ^a,c   Khosla, Chaitan ^a,d  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domain substitution; erythromycin biosynthesis; ketoreductase domain; polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0030267847     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(96)90068-X     Document Type: Article

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