Metagenomics and novel gene discovery: Promise and potential for novel therapeutics

Virulence

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Culligan, Eamonn P ^a,b   Sleator, Roy D ^a,c   Marchesi, Julian R ^a,d,e   Hill, Colin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioengineered probiotics; Biotherapeutics; Functional metagenomics; Gut microbiome; Metabiotechnology; Metagenomics; Microbiota; Novel gene discovery

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IRINOTECAN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

CODON; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CYTOLYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTEGRON; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS;

EID: 84892380811     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.27208     Document Type: Review

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