Chapter 9 The Enzymology of Polyether Biosynthesis

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 459, Issue B, 2009, Pages 187-214

  Liu, Tiangang ^a,b   Cane, David E ^b   Deng, Zixin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDASE; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; ISOLASALOCID A; LASALOCID; MONENSIN A; NANCHANGMYCIN; NIGERICIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYETHER ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYKETIDE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PREMONENSIN; SALINOMYCIN; TETRONOMYCIN; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ETHER DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MONENSIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GEOMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

EPOXIDE HYDROLASES; ETHERS; MACROLIDES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONENSIN; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES;

EID: 64049089814     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(09)04609-6     Document Type: Review

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