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Phylum-wide comparative genomics unravel the diversity of secondary metabolism in Cyanobacteria.
BMC genomics - 18 Nov 2014
Calteau Alexandra, Fewer David P, Latifi Amel, Coursin Thérèse, Laurent Thierry, Jokela Jouni, Kerfeld Cheryl A, Sivonen Kaarina, Piel Jörn, Gugger Muriel
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BACKGROUND: Cyanobacteria are an ancient lineage of photosynthetic bacteria from which hundreds of natural products have been described, including many notorious toxins but also potent natural products of interest to the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries. Many of these compounds are the products of non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) or polyketide synthase (PKS) pathways. However, current...
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