Natural Products and the Gene Cluster Revolution

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 968-977

  Jensen, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bioinformatics; biosynthetic gene clusters; genomics; natural products; Salinispora; secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALINISPORA; SECONDARY METABOLISM; BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

EID: 84997530329     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.07.006     Document Type: Review

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