Natural products in chemical biology

"This book provides a fairly general overview of the unique features of the small molecules referred to as Natural Products, explores how this traditionally organic chemistry-based field was transformed by insights from genetics and biochemistry, and highlights some promising future directions&...

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Main Author: Civjan, Natanya
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. Wiley 2012
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"This book provides a fairly general overview of the unique features of the small molecules referred to as Natural Products, explores how this traditionally organic chemistry-based field was transformed by insights from genetics and biochemistry, and highlights some promising future directions"--
"Based on the award winning Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology, this book provides a general overview of the unique features of the small molecules referred to as "natural products", explores how this traditionally organic chemistry-based field was transformed by insights from genetics and biochemistry, and highlights some promising future directions. The book begins by introducing natural products from different origins, moves on to presenting and discussing biosynthesis of various classes of natural products, and then looks at natural products as models and the possibilities of using them in medicine"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:1118391829
1118391810
9781118391822
9781283943390
9781118391815
1283943395