Lessons from the rifamycin biosynthetic gene cluster

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 592-597

  Floss, Heinz G ^a   Yu, Tin Wein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; POLYKETIDE; RIFAMYCIN; SYNTHETASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; REVIEW;

EID: 0032829914     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00014-9     Document Type: Review

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