Post-translational modification of polyketide and nonribosomal peptide synthases

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-315

  Walsh, Christopher T ^a   Gehring, Amy M ^a   Weinreb, Paul H ^a   Quadri, Luis E N ^a   Flugel, Roger S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; HOLO (ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; HOLO-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

FATTY ACIDS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

EID: 0031244337     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(97)80067-1     Document Type: Article

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