Culture-independent discovery of natural products from soil metagenomes

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2016, Pages 129-141

  Katz, Micah ^a   Hover, Bradley M ^a   Brady, Sean F ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture independent; Drug discovery; Metagenomics; Natural products

Indexed keywords

BRYOSTATIN; CALYCULIN A; GLYCOPEPTIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; PANTETHEINE PHOSPHATE; SIGMA FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; DNA; SOIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BIODIVERSITY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENE CLUSTER; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SOIL ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84958105846     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-015-1706-6     Document Type: Article

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