Revisiting the modularity of modular polyketide synthases

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-143

  Khosla, Chaitan ^a,b   Kapur, Shiven ^a   Cane, David E ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYST; ENZYME MECHANISM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; REVIEW; STEADY STATE;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES;

EID: 65349098181     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.12.018     Document Type: Review

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