Microbial Molecules from the Multitudes within Us

Publication date: 7 February 2017
Source:Cell Metabolism, Volume 25, Issue 2
Author(s): Matthew R. Redinbo
Chemists demonstrate in Cell that intestinal microbes are capable of synthesizing metabolites that look like clinical drugs and inhibit human targets. These results provide molecular resolution to the field of mammalian-microbial mutualism and highlight the potential for natural product discovery from the multitudes within us.

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Chemists demonstrate in a recent issue of Cell that intestinal microbes are capable of synthesizing metabolites that look like clinical drugs and inhibit human targets. These results provide molecular resolution to the field of mammalian-microbial mutualism and highlight the potential for natural product discovery from the multitudes within us.


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