Breaking the silence: new strategies for discovering novel natural products

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2017, Pages 21-27

  Ren, Hengqian ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Zhao, Huimin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICANCER DRUG; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHOD; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; NATURAL PRODUCTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ANSAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; ANSATRIENIN DERIVATIVE; CHATTAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; DISORAZOL; GAUDIMYCIN; JADOMYCIN; LUMINMIDE A; LUMINMIDE B; LUMINMYCIN A; MUREIDOMYCIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; SALINOMYCIN; SEVADICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENEMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

BIOINFORMATICS; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85014833240     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.02.008     Document Type: Review

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