Biosynthesis of lovastatin analogs with a broadly specific acyltransferase.

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Published in Chem Biol on November 01, 2006

Authors

Xinkai Xie1, Kenji Watanabe, Wladyslaw A Wojcicki, Clay C C Wang, Yi Tang

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 5531 Boelter Hall, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

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