Microbial genome mining for accelerated natural products discovery: Is a renaissance in the making?

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-184

  Bachmann, Brian O ^a   Van Lanen, Steven G ^b   Baltz, Richard H ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Kentucky   (United States)

^c CognoGen Biotechnology Consulting ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial biosynthesis; Genome mining; Gifted microbes; Heterologous expression; Lasso peptides; NRPS; PKS; Secondary metabolite; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENOME, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

EID: 84895072793     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-013-1389-9     Document Type: Review

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