Natural insights for chemical biologists

被引:12
作者
Walsh, CT [1 ]
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[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Biol Chem & Mol Pharmacol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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10.1038/nchembio0805-122
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Chemical biologists studying natural-product pathways encoded in genomes have unearthed new chemistry and insights into the evolution of biologically active metabolites.
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页码:122 / 124
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