Secondary metabolites their function and evolution.
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ;
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Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470514344 |
Item Description: |
Proceedings of the Symposium on Secondary Metabolites: Their Function and Evaluation, held at Ciba Foundation, Feb. 18-20, 1992. "A Wiley-Interscience publication." Editors: Derek J. Chadwick and Julie Whelan. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (ix, 318 p.) : ill. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780470514351 (electronic bk.) 0470514353 (electronic bk.) 9780470514344 0470514345 |
Index Number: | QH521 |
CLC: | Q591 |
Contents: | Microbial secondary metabolism: a new theoretical frontier for academia, a new opportunity for industry / A.L. Demain -- Evolution of secondary metabolite production: potential roles for antibiotics as prebiotic effectors of catalytic RNA reactions / J. Davies ... [et al.] -- Why are secondary metabolites synthesized? Sophistication in the inhibition of cell wall biosynthesis by vancomycin group antibiotics / D.H. Williams and R.A. Maplestone -- Origins of secondary metabolism / T. Cavalier-Smith -- Genes for polyketide secondary metabolic pathways in microorganisms and plants / D.A. Hopwood |