Constructing polyketides: From collie to combinatorial biosynthesis

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue , 1999, Pages 411-446

  Bentley, Ronald ^a   Bennett, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Hybrid polyketides; Polyacetate hypothesis; Polyketide synthases; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOTOPE; POLYKETIDE; SYNTHETASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CYCLIZATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYBRID; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KETONES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES;

EID: 0032724311     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.53.1.411     Document Type: Review

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