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Perspective | Applied and Environmental Science

Cryptic or Silent? The Known Unknowns, Unknown Knowns, and Unknown Unknowns of Secondary Metabolism

Paul A. Hoskisson, Ryan F. Seipke
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aStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02642-20
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Cryptic or Silent? The Known Unknowns, Unknown Knowns, and Unknown Unknowns of Secondary Metabolism
Paul A. Hoskisson, Ryan F. Seipke
mBio Oct 2020, 11 (5) e02642-20; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02642-20

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Actinobacteria
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secondary metabolism
specialized metabolism
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