Steps towards the synthetic biology of polyketide biosynthesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-125

  Cummings, Matthew ^a   Breitling, Rainer ^a   Takano, Eriko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combinatorial biosynthesis; Drug discovery; Plug and play biology; Refactoring; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

6 DEOXYERYTHRONOLIDE B; ACYL COENZYME A; POLYKETIDE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYST; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DERIVATIZATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

COMBINATORIAL BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG DISCOVERY; PLUG-AND-PLAY BIOLOGY; REFACTORING; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; POLYKETIDES;

EID: 84896733954     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12365     Document Type: Article

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