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Bioinformatics bolster a renaissance

Biosynthetic gene clusters encode the enzymatic pathways to make secondary metabolites, molecules of great interest for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Access to an increasing number of microbial genomes, coupled with efficient bioinformatic tools, is creating new momentum in secondary metabolite research.

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Figure 1: Sequencing data as a renaissance in secondary metabolite research.

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Caboche, S. Bioinformatics bolster a renaissance. Nat Chem Biol 10, 798–800 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.1634

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