Natural product discovery from the human microbiome

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 292, Issue 21, 2017, Pages 8546-8552

  Wilson, Matthew R ^a   Zha, Li ^a   Balskus, Emily P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; METABOLITES; MOLECULES;

DARK MATTER; HUMAN MICROBIOME; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; MICROBIOME; NATURAL PRODUCTS; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

MICROORGANISMS;

COLIBACTIN; COMMENDAMIDE; LACTOCILLIN; LUGDUNIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PEPTIDE; POLYKETIDE;

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; IC50; INHIBITION ZONE; METABOLITE; METAGENOME; MICROBIOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS, NUCLEIC ACID-INDEPENDENT; PEPTIDES; POLYKETIDES;

EID: 85019699796     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R116.762906     Document Type: Review

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