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Mutational biosynthesis--a tool for the generation of structural diversity in the biosynthesis of antibiotics.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Aug 2005
Weist S, Süssmuth R D
Abstract excerpt
Natural products represent an important source of drugs in a number of therapeutic fields, e.g. antiinfectives and cancer therapy. Natural products are considered as biologically validated lead structures, and evolution of compounds with novel or enhanced biological properties is expected from the generation of structural diversity in natural product libraries. However, natural products are often structurally...
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