Mining genomes to illuminate the specialized chemistry of life

Autor: Bradley S. Moore, Tristan de Rond, Marnix H. Medema
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Reviews Genetics, 22(9), 553-571
Nat Rev Genet
Nature reviews. Genetics, vol 22, iss 9
Nature Reviews Genetics 22 (2021) 9
ISSN: 1471-0056
Popis: All organisms produce specialized organic molecules, ranging from small volatile chemicals to large gene-encoded peptides, that have evolved to provide them with diverse cellular and ecological functions. As natural products, they are broadly applied in medicine, agriculture and nutrition. The rapid accumulation of genomic information has revealed that the metabolic capacity of virtually all organisms is vastly underappreciated. Pioneered mainly inbacteria and fungi, genome mining technologies are accelerating metabolite discovery. Recent efforts are now being expanded to all life forms, including protists, plants and animals, and new integrative omics technologies are enabling the increasingly effective mining of this molecular diversity.
Databáze: OpenAIRE