Recent advances in natural product discovery

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 230-237

  Luo, Yunzi ^a   Cobb, Ryan E ^a   Zhao, Huimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; GENOMICS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN THERAPEUTICS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SCREENING APPROACHES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BOTTROMYCIN D; CLEARANOL A; CLEARANOL B; CLEARANOL C; CLEARANOL D; CLEARANOL E; DISULOCHRIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INDOLE ALKALOID; NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYKETIDE; RESAZURIN; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; TRANSLATION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLOMICS;

EID: 84908338451     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.09.002     Document Type: Review

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