Combinatorial approaches to polyketide biosynthesis

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 162-168

  Leadlay, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG DESIGN; HUMAN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOXY-LYASES; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031197020     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(97)80005-1     Document Type: Article

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