A microbial biomanufacturing platform for natural and semisynthetic opioids

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 837-844

  Thodey, Kate ^a   Galanie, Stephanie ^b   Smolke, Christina D ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; BENZYLISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; CODEINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; NEOMORPHINE; NEOPINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; THEBAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOST; NONHUMAN; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PAPAVER; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CODEINE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PAPAVER; PLANT PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THEBAINE;

EID: 84922067763     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1613     Document Type: Article

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