Metabolic engineering of polyketide biosynthesis

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 560-562

  Hershberger, Charles L ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYKETIDE;

DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030272727     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(96)80062-0     Document Type: Article

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