Expansion of ribosomally produced natural products: a nitrile hydratase- and Nif11-related precursor family
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A new family of natural products has been described in which cysteine, serine and threonine from ribosomally-produced peptides are converted to thiazoles, oxazoles and methyloxazoles, respectively. These metabolites and their biosynt...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-05-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/70 |