Next generation sequencing of actinobacteria for the discovery of novel natural products

Marine Drugs

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Gomez Escribano, Juan Pablo ^a   Alt, Silke ^a   Bibb, Mervyn J ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Genome mining; Illumina; Next generation sequencing; PacBio; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG RESEARCH; GARDNERELLA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME MINING; GENOMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBISPORA CORALLINA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NRPS GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PKS GENE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PYROSEQUENCING; REPLICON; REVIEW; SALINISPORA; SECOND GENERATION SEQUENCING; SINGEL MOLECULE REAL TIME; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES ALBUS; STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS; STREPTOMYCES LEEUWENHOEKII; THIRD GENERATION SEQUENCING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROCEDURES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84964354517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md14040078     Document Type: Review

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