Natural Product Biosynthesis by Microorganisms and Plants, Part A

<ol> <li>Steady-state kinetic characterization of sesquiterpene synthases by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy<br></li> <li>Automating gene library synthesis by structure-based combinatorial protein engineering (SCOPE): examples from plant sesquiterpene synthases<br></li> <li>In planta Transient Expression Analysis of Monoterpene Synthases<br></li> <li>Natural Rubber Biosynthesis in Plants: Rubber Transferase<br></li> <li>Discovery and Characterization of Terpenoid Biosynthetic Pathways of Fungi<br></li> <li>Menaquinone biosyntheses in microorganisms<br></li> <li>Diversity and analysis of bacterial terpene synthases<br></li> <li>Platensimycin and platencin biosynthesis in Streptomyces platensis, showcasing discovery and characterization of novel bacterial diterpene synthases<br></li> <li>Strategies for Engineering Plant Natural Products:The Iridoid-Derived Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids of Catharanthus roseus<br></li> <li>Discovery and functional analysis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathways in plants<br></li> <li>Biochemical Genomics for Gene Discovery in Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Opium Poppy and Related Species<br></li> <li>Analysis and modification of ergot alkaloid profiles in fungi<br></li> <li>Engineering of glucosinolate biosynthesis: candidate gene identification and validation <br></li> <li>Structure, function and evolutionary analyses of the plant type III polyketide synthase family<br></li> <li>Engineering of plant type III polyketide synthases<br></li> <li>Type III polyketide synthases in microorganisms<br></li></ol>