Realizing the Potential of Marine Biotechnology : Challenges and Opportunities

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The benefits of living together : studying marine symbioses to discover enzymes for biotechnology applications

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Clionasterol, a triterpenoid from the Kenyan marine green macroalga halimeda macroloba

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Natural product diversity of actinobacteria in the Atacama Desert

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Combining Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, Science and an Ecosystem-Focused Approach

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The 9th European Conference on Marine Natural Products

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Traceability Approaches for Marine Genetic Resources Under the Proposed Ocean (BBNJ) Treaty

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Synthesis of Hybrid Cyclopeptides through Enzymatic Macrocyclization

Acknowledgements We thank Dr. G. Mann and Dr. A. Bent for supplying the enzymes and the useful discussions, and Dr. T. Lebl for the useful NMR discussions. This work was supported by the European Research Council (339367), UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (K015508/1), the Wellcome Trust [TripleTOF 5600 mass spectrometer (094476), the MALDI TOF-TOF Analyzer (079272AIA), 700 NMR], and the EPSRC UK National Mass Spectrometry Facility at Swansea University. J.H.N., M.A.J., and N.J.W. are named on patents that have been filed by St. Andrews and Aberdeen Universities to commercialize the enzymes (PatG) and (LynD) used in the study. No income derives from the patent.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Dual Induction of New Microbial Secondary Metabolites by Fungal Bacterial Co-cultivation

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