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Nature Chemical Biology 3, 457 - 458 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nchembio0807-457

Therapeutic treasures from the deep

David A Hopwood1

  1. David A. Hopwood is in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at the John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. e-mail: david.hopwood@bbsrc.ac.uk


Sequencing of the genome of a newly isolated marine actinomycete has revealed the potential to make a gamut of interesting compounds with potential as therapeutic agents. Deep-sea environments may yield new chemical structures not found in microbes from traditional terrestrial habitats.

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