Deciphering Indolocarbazole and Enediyne Aminodideoxypentose Biosynthesis through Comparative Genomics: Insights from the AT2433 Biosynthetic Locus

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 733-743

  Gao, Qunjie ^a   Zhang, Changsheng ^a   Blanchard, Sophie ^a   Thorson, Jon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

CHEMBIO; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

AMINOSUGAR; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ENEDIYNE; PENTOSE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENOMICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO SUGARS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBAZOLES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ENEDIYNES; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PENTOSES;

EID: 33746218306     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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