A One-Pot Chemoenzymatic Synthesis for the Universal Precursor of Antidiabetes and Antiviral Bis-Indolylquinones

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 635-644

  Schneider, Patrick ^a   Weber, Monika ^a   Rosenberger, Karen ^a   Hoffmeister, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CHEMBIOL

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; TRYPTOPHAN AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INDOLEQUINONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; TRYPTOPHAN TRANSAMINASE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 34250372830     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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