Genome engineering for microbial natural product discovery

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2018, Pages 53-60

  Choi, Si Sun ^a   Katsuyama, Yohei ^b   Bai, Linquan ^c   Deng, Zixin ^c   Ohnishi, Yasuo ^b   Kim, Eung Soo ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL NATURAL PRODUCT; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; GENOME MINING; MICROBIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TRENDS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 85042693253     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.02.007     Document Type: Review

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