Proteins of the penicillin biosynthesis pathway

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 857-864

  Schofield, Christopher J ^a   Baldwin, Jack E ^a   Byford, Michael F ^a   Clifton, Ian ^a   Hajdu, Janos ^b   Hensgens, Charles ^a   Roach, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ISOPENICILLIN N; ISOPENICILLIN N SYNTHETASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; TRIPEPTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031469044     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80158-3     Document Type: Article

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