Meta-omic characterization of prokaryotic gene clusters for natural product biosynthesis

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1151-1158

  Schofield, Michael M ^a   Sherman, David H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATIC TOOLS; BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; DIRECT SEQUENCING; METAGENOMIC LIBRARIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NATURAL PRODUCTS; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; MICROORGANISMS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DNA; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA LIBRARY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; METAGENOMICS; METAPROTEOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEOMICS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887622208     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.05.001     Document Type: Review

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