The potential of the diverse chemistries present in natural products (NP) for biotechnology
and medicine remains untapped because NP databases are not searchable with raw data …

Covering: 1988 to 2012 This review presents recommended nomenclature for the biosynthesis
of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs), a rapidly …

Covering: up to June 2020 Ribosomally-synthesized and post-translationally modified
peptides (RiPPs) are a large group of natural products. A community-driven review in 2013 …

Femtosecond pulses with center wavelengths between 470 and 750 nm are generated in a
single-stage type I BBO optical parametric amplifier pumped by a frequency-doubled 1-kHz Ti…

A wide variety of enzymatic pathways that produce specialized metabolites in bacteria, fungi
and plants are known to be encoded in biosynthetic gene clusters. Information about these …

The genome of plant-associated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 harbors an array of
giant gene clusters involved in synthesis of lipopeptides and polyketides with antifungal, …

Cultivated bacteria such as actinomycetes are a highly useful source of biomedically important
natural products. However, such ‘talented’ producers represent only a minute fraction of …

Many drug candidates from marine and terrestrial invertebrates are suspected metabolites
of uncultured bacterial symbionts. The antitumor polyketides of the pederin family, isolated …

… Jörn Piel obtained his PhD degree in chemistry at the University of Bonn under the
supervision of Prof. W. Boland. … Piel and coworkers constructed a thioesterase-deficient …

Noncollinearly phase-matched optical parametric amplifiers (NOPAs) pumped by the blue
light of a frequency-doubled Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier are a convenient source of …