Natural product glycosyltransferases: Properties and applications

Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2009, Pages 55-119

  Gavin, J Williams ^a   Jon, S Thorson ^a   Toone, Eric J ^a  

^a National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTHRACYCLINE; AVERMECTIN; CHLOROEREMOMYCIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENEDIYNE; ENTEROCHELIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; IVERMECTIN; LACTAM; MACROLIDE; METHYMYCIN; OLEANDOMYCIN; SORANGICIN A; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VICENISTATIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DRUG DESIGN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW;

AMINOCOUMARINS; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTHRACYCLINES; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DRUG DESIGN; ENEDIYNES; ENTEROBACTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; IVERMECTIN; LACTAMS; MACROLIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLEANDOMYCIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 58149163598     PISSN: 0065258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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