Synthetic biology of antimicrobial discovery

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 358-372

  Zakeri, Bijan ^a,b,c   Lu, Timothy K ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; antimicrobial discovery; bacteriophage; biological engineering; genetic engineering; protein engineering; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AROMATASE; BACTERIOCIN; BETA DEFENSIN 1; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; INDOLICIDIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; OLEANDOMYCIN; OXYGENASE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PLECTASIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOENGINEERING; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, GENETIC; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84880518252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb300101g     Document Type: Review

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