Peptide antibiotics

Biotechnology, Second, Completely Revised Edition, Volume 7: Products of Secondary Metabolism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 277-322

  Kleinkauf, Horst ^a   Von Döhren, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Nonribosomal; Posttranslational; Ribosomal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984780761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527620890.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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