Biosynthesis of plant-specific stilbene polyketides in metabolically engineered <it>Escherichia coli</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Phenylpropanoids are the precursors to a range of important plant metabolites such as the cell wall constituent lignin and the secondary metabolites belonging to the flavonoid/stilbene class of compounds. The latter class of plant na...

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Main Authors: Schmidt-Dannert Claudia, Lee Pyung C, Watts Kevin T
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-03-01
Series:BMC Biotechnology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6750/6/22