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Now playing: Farnesol in the biofilm

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Abstract

The evolutionary pathway of specialized metabolism often takes unexpected, perplexing turns. In this issue of Chemistry & Biology, Feng and coworkers provide evidence for a unique phosphatase whose enzymatic product plays a critical role in biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1421-1422
Number of pages2
JournalChemistry and Biology
Volume21
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 20 2014

Bibliographical note

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Funding

The authors thank all the past and current J.C. laboratory members for their continued fascination with the chemistry and biochemistry of terpenes and the generous support provided by the NIH , NSF , USDA , and DOE to the J.C. laboratory.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energy Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project Oak Ridge National Laboratory Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Medicine
    • Molecular Biology
    • Pharmacology
    • Drug Discovery
    • Clinical Biochemistry

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