Recent advances in the discovery and development of marine microbial natural products

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 700-717

  Xiong, Zhi Qiang ^a   Wang, Jian Feng ^a,b   Hao, Yu You ^a   Wang, Yong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Combinatorial biosynthesis; Genome sequencing; Heterologous biosynthesis; Marine microbial natural products; Metagenomics; Screening

Indexed keywords

6 DEOXYERYTHRONOLIDE B; AMORPHADIENE; CHROMOMYCIN A3; DEFEROXAMINE; EPTIDEMNAMIDE; FLUOROSALINOSPORAMIDE; GRISEORHODIN A; INDIRUBIN; LYMPHOSTIN; MARINOMYCIN A; MARINOMYCIN B; MARINOMYCIN C; MARINOMYCIN D; MEDERMYCIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; PATELLAMIDE; PEDERIN; SALINILACTAM; SALINILACTAM A; SALINOSPORAMIDE A; SALINOSPORAMIDE X1; SPOROLIDE A; SPOROLIDE B; TAXADIENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MARINE MICROORGANISM; MARINE SPECIES; MARINISPORA; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PROCHLORON; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SALINOSPORA TROPICA; STREPTOMYCES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84875791551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11030700     Document Type: Review

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