A biological treasure metagenome: Pave a way for big science

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-172

  Park, So Youn ^a   Kim, Geun Joong ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biological treasure; Gene mining; Metagenome; Novel metabolites; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249107090     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-008-0030-5     Document Type: Article

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