The chemical versatility of natural-product assembly lines

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-10

  Walsh, Christopher T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; ENZYME; MACROLIDE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYCLIZATION; DRUG DESIGN; HYDROLYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CYCLIZATION; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; MACROLIDES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PEPTIDES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 38949083855     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar7000414     Document Type: Article

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