Bioassay-guided evolution of glycosylated macrolide antibiotics in Escherichia coli

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 0243-0250

  Ho, Young Lee ^a   Khosla, Chaitan ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GLYCOSYLATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33847000219     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050045     Document Type: Article

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