Synthesis of Bacterium's Anticancer Warhead Described - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Scientists for the first time understand the enzyme-driven process that activates the salinosporamide A warhead.

Years of laboratory work have revealed how a marine bacterium makes a potent anticancer molecule called salinosporamide. Researchers at UC San Diegos Scripps Institution of Oceanography unravelled th… [+7131 chars]

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