Interrogation of Streptomyces avermitilis for efficient production of avermectins

Interrogation of Streptomyces avermitilis for efficient production of avermectins

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to avermectins and artemisinin, respectively. Avermectins produced by Streptomyces avermitilis are excellent anthelmintic and potential antibiotic agents. Because wild-type strains only produce low levels of avermectins, much research e...

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Main Authors: Jinsong Chen, Mei Liu, Xueting Liu, Jin Miao, Chengzhang Fu, Heyong Gao, Rolf Müller, Qing Zhang, Lixin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2016-03-01
Series:Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology
Subjects:
Avermectins
Metabolic engineering
Streptomyces avermitilis
Synthetic biology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405805X16000028

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