Discovery of a Phosphonoacetic Acid Derived Natural Product by Pathway Refactoring

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 217-223

  Freestone, Todd S ^a   Ju, Kou San ^a,b   Wang, Bin ^a   Zhao, Huimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

natural products; pathway refactoring; phosphonic acids; phosphonoacetic acid

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHONOACETIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; HYDROLASE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHONOACETALDEHYDE HYDROLASE; PHOSPHOROUS ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; STREPTOMYCES SP STRAIN NRRL F 525; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; STREPTOMYCES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; HYDROLASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHONOACETIC ACID; PHOSPHOROUS ACIDS; STREPTOMYCES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85013468584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00299     Document Type: Article

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