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  • Hidden pharmaceutical treasure discovered in 'silent' genes

    Apr 10, 2017 8:45 am by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    graduate student Behnam Enghiad, postdoctoral researcher Shangwen Luo, graduate student Tajie Luo and professor Huimin Zhao. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • graduate student Behnam Enghiad, postdoctoral researcher Shangwen Luo, graduate student Tajie Luo and professor Huimin Zhao. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    “...once whole bacterial genomes were sequenced, we realized that we have only discovered a small fraction of the natural products coded in the genome."