Recent efforts in engineering microbial cells to produce new chemical compounds

被引:16
作者
de Boer, AL [1 ]
Schmidt-Dannert, C [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Dept Biochem Mol Biol & Biophys, St Paul, MN 55108 USA
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10.1016/S1367-5931(03)00023-1
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In the process of evolution, variation and combination of basic building blocks has led to an astonishing wealth of secondary metabolites. Recently, the same evolutionary tools have been used to create novel compounds that have not been found in nature.
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页码:273 / 278
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