Biosynthesis: Bioinformatics bolster a renaissance
September 17th, 2014 by Ségolène Caboche
Nature Chemical Biology 10, 798 (2014). doi:10.1038/nchembio.1634
Author: Ségolène Caboche
Biosynthetic gene clusters encode the enzymatic pathways to make secondary metabolites, molecules of great interest for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Access to an increasing number of microbial genomes, coupled with efficient bioinformatic tools, is creating new momentum in secondary metabolite research.