recent publications

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  • Zhao, C. H., Coughlin, J. M., Ju, J. H., Zhu, D. Q., Zhou, X. F., Wendt-Pienkowski, E., Wang, Z. J., Shen, B., Deng, Z. X. Oxazolomycin biosynthesis in streptomyces albus ja3453 featuring an "acyltransferase-less" type i polyketide synthase that incorporates two distinct extender units Journal of Biological Chemistry  2010 285:20097-20108  DOI:10.1074/jbc.M109.090092  PMID:20406823  PMCID:PMC2888422
  • Song, D. F., Coughlin, J., Ju, J. H., Zhou, X. F., Shen, B., Zhao, C. H., Deng, Z. X. Alternative method for site-directed mutagenesis of complex polyketide synthase in streptomyces albus ja3453 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica  2008 40:319-326  DOI:10.1111/j.1745-7270.2008.00408.x  PMID:18401530
  • Zhao, C. H., Ju, J. H., Christenson, S. D., Smith, W. C., Song, D. F., Zhou, X. F., Shen, B., Deng, Z. X. Utilization of the methoxymalonyl-acyl carrier protein biosynthesis locus for cloning the oxazolomycin biosynthetic gene cluster from streptomyces albus ja3453 Journal of Bacteriology  2006 188:4142-4147  DOI:10.1128/jb.00173-06  PMID:16707707