MicrobiologybioRxiv
Expanding Gene Families Helps Generate The Metabolic Robustness Required For Antibiotic Biosynthesis
J. K. Schniete, P. Cruz-Morales, N. Selem…·P. Hoskisson
The paper shows that gene family expansions in central carbon metabolism in Streptomyces bacteria contribute to metabolic robustness needed for antibiotic biosynthesis.
DOI 10.1128/mbio.02283-17