Chemical mechanisms involved during the biosynthesis of tropolones

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 532-536

  Cox, Russell J ^a,b   Al Fahad, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHROME P450; DIOXYGENASE; FATTY ACID; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; PHENYLACETIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE; SHIKIMIC ACID; THUJAPLICIN; TROPOLONE;

ACREMONIUM; ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLCHICUM; CUPRESSUS; DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYLATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; TALAROMYCES; TAUTOMER;

FUNGI;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; COLCHICINE; TROPOLONE;

EID: 84881230568     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.06.029     Document Type: Review

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