Molecular biological access to the chemistry of unknown soil microbes: A new frontier for natural products

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1998, Pages

  Handelsman, Jo ^a   Rondon, Michelle R ^a   Brady, Sean F ^b   Clardy, Jon ^b   Goodman, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLONING; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NATURAL PRODUCT; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0032192790     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(98)90108-9     Document Type: Article

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