Merging chemical ecology with bacterial genome mining for secondary metabolite discovery

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-299

  Vizcaino, Maria I ^a   Guo, Xun ^a   Crawford, Jason M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Chemical signaling; Natural products; Secondary metabolism; Structure elucidation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

IRON; PEPTIDE;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GENOME MINING; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHOTORHABDUS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SECONDARY METABOLISM; XENORHABDUS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHOTORHABDUS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84893467826     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-013-1356-5     Document Type: Review

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