Polyketide biosynthesis beyond the type I, II and III polyketide synthase paradigms

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-295

  Shen, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MACROLIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYKETIDE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL BOND; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0037398774     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(03)00020-6     Document Type: Review

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