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Gerc, Amy J., Song, Lijiang, Challis, Gregory L., Stanley-Wall, Nicola R. and Coulthurst, Sarah J.. (2012) The insect pathogen Serratia marcescens Db10 uses a hybrid non-ribosomal peptide synthetase-polyketide synthase to produce the antibiotic althiomycin. PLoS One, Vol.7 (No.9). e44673. ISSN 1932-6203

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Gomez-Escribano, Juan Pablo, Song, Lijiang, Bibb, Mervyn J. and Challis, Gregory L.. (2012) Posttranslational β-methylation and macrolactamidination in the biosynthesis of the bottromycin complex of ribosomal peptide antibiotics. Chemical Science, Vol.3 (No.12). pp. 3522-3525. ISSN 2041-6520

Schmelz, Stefan, Botting, Catherine H., Song, Lijiang, Kadi, Nadia F., Challis, Gregory L. and Naismith, James H.. (2011) Structural basis for acyl acceptor specificity in the achromobactin biosynthetic enzyme AcsD. Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol.412 (No.3). pp. 495-504. ISSN 0022-2836

Papireddy, Kancharla, Smilkstein, Martin, Kelly, Jane XU, Shweta, Dr., Salem, Shaimaa M., Alhamadsheh, Mamoun, Haynes, Stuart W., Challis, Gregory L. and Reynolds, Kevin A.. (2011) Antimalarial activity of natural and synthetic prodiginines. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol.54 (No.15). pp. 5296-5306. ISSN 0022-2623

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Mahenthiralingam, Eshwar, Song, Lijiang, Sass, Andrea, White, J. (Judith), Wilmot, Ceri, Marchbank, Angela, Boaisha, Othman, Paine, James, Knight, D. (David) and Challis, Gregory L.. (2011) Enacyloxins are products of an unusual hybrid modular polyketide synthase encoded by a cryptic burkholderia ambifaria genomic island. Chemistry & Biology, Vol.18 (No.5). pp. 665-677. ISSN 1074-5521

Davis, Carol, Carberry, Stephen, Schrettl, Markus, Singh, Ishwar, Stephens, John C., Barry, Sarah M., Kavanagh, Kevin, Challis, Gregory L., Brougham, Dermot and Doyle, S. (Sean). (2011) The role of glutathione S-transferase GliG in gliotoxin biosynthesis in aspergillus fumigatus. Chemistry & Biology, Vol.18 (No.4). pp. 542-552. ISSN 1074-5521

Sydor, Paulina K., Barry, Sarah M., Odulate, Olanipekun M., Barona-Gomez, Francisco, Haynes, Stuart W., Corre, Christophe, Song, Lijiang and Challis, Gregory L.. (2011) Regio- and stereodivergent antibiotic oxidative carbocyclizations catalysed by Rieske oxygenase-like enzymes. Nature Chemistry, Vol.3 (No.5). pp. 388-392. ISSN 1755-4330

Laureti, L., Song, Lijiang, Huang, S., Corre, Christophe, Leblond, Pierre, Challis, Gregory L. and Aigle, B.. (2011) Identification of a bioactive 51-membered macrolide complex by activation of a silent polyketide synthase in Streptomyces ambofaciens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol.108 (No.15). pp. 6258-6263. ISSN 0027-8424

Bunet, R., Song, Lijiang, Mendes, M. V., Corre, Christophe, Hotel, L., Rouhier, N., Framboisier, X., Leblond, Pierre, Challis, Gregory L. and Aigle, B.. (2011) Characterization and manipulation of the pathway-specific late regulator AlpW reveals streptomyces ambofaciens as a new producer of kinamycins. Journal of Bacteriology, Vol.193 (No.5). pp. 1142-1153. ISSN 0021-9193

Malet, Nicolas, Song, Lijiang, Corre, Christophe and Challis, Gregory L. (2011) Structure-activity relationship and biosynthesis of signaling molecules controlling methylenomycin antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor. American Chemical Society. Abstracts of Papers (at the National Meeting), Vol.241 (No.142-BIOL ). ISSN 0065-7727

Haynes, Stuart W., Sydor, Paulina K., Corre, Christophe, Song, Lijiang and Challis, Gregory L.. (2011) Stereochemical elucidation of streptorubin B. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133 (No.6). pp. 1793-1798. ISSN 0002-7863

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Oves-Costales , D. and Challis, Gregory L. (2011) Studies on the biosynthesis of the anthrax siderophore petrobactin. In: Wrigley, Stephen, (ed.) Functional Molecules from Natural Sources. Special publication (Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)) (No.320). Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 184-194. ISBN 9781847552594

Corre, Christophe, Haynes, Stuart W., Malet, Nicolas, Song, Lijiang and Challis, Gregory L.. (2011) A butenolide intermediate in methylenomycin furan biosynthesis is implied by incorporation of stereospecifically C-13-labelled glycerols. Chemical Communications, Vol.46 (No.23). pp. 4079-4081. ISSN 1359-7345

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Mahenthiralingam, Eshwar, Song, Lijiang, White, J. (Judith), Wilmot, Ceri, Sass, Andrea, Marchbank, Angela and Challis, Gregory L.. (2010) Burkholderia ambifaria produces a polyketide antibiotic that inhibits Burkholderia multivorans and other Burkholderia cepacia complex species. Pediatric Pulmonology, Vol.45 (No.S33). p. 345. ISSN 8755-6863

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Corre, Christophe and Challis, Gregory L. (2010) Exploiting genomics for new natural product discovery in prokaryotes. In: Mander, Lewis N. and Liu, Hung-wen, 1952-, (eds.) Comprehensive natural products II : chemistry and biology. Amsterdam ; Boston: Elsevier, pp. 429-453. ISBN 9780080453828

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Kadi, Nadia, Oves-Costales, Daniel, Barona-Gomez, Francisco and Challis, Gregory L.. (2009) Erratum : a new family of ATP-dependent oligomerization-macrocyclization biocatalysts. Nature Chemical Biology, Vol.5 (No.4). p. 266. ISSN 1552-4450

Barry, Sarah M. and Challis, Gregory L. (2009) Recent advances in siderophore biosynthesis. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, Vol.13 (No.2). pp. 205-215. ISSN 1367-5931

Oves-Costales, Daniel, Song, Lijiang and Challis, Gregory L.. (2009) Enantioselective desymmetrisation of citric acid catalysed by the substrate-tolerant petrobactin biosynthetic enzyme AsbA. Chemical Communications (No.11). pp. 1389-1391. ISSN 1359-7345

Zerikly, Malek and Challis, Gregory L.. (2009) Strategies for the discovery of new natural products by genome mining. Chembiochem, Vol.10 (No.4). pp. 625-633. ISSN 1439-4227

Schmelz, Stefan, Kadi, N., McMahon, Stephen A., Song, Lijiang, Oves-Costales, Daniel, Oke, Muse, Liu, Huanting, Johnson, K. A. (Kenneth A.), Carter, Lester G., Botting, Catherine H., White, Malcolm F., Challis, Gregory L. and Naismith, James H.. (2009) AcsD catalyzes enantioselective citrate desymmetrization in siderophore biosynthesis. Nature Chemical Biology, Vol.5 (No.3). pp. 174-182. ISSN 1552-4450

O'Rourke, S. (Sean), Wietzorrek, Andreas, Fowler, Kay, Corre, Christophe, Challis, Gregory L. and Chater, K. F.. (2009) Extracellular signalling, translational control, two repressors and an activator all contribute to the regulation of methylenomycin production in Streptomyces coelicolor. Molecular Microbiology, Vol.71 (No.3). pp. 763-778. ISSN 0950-382X

Kadi, Nadia and Challis, Gregory L.. (2009) Chapter 17 siderophore biosynthesis : a substrate specificity assay for nonribosomal peptide synthetase‐independent siderophore synthetases involving trapping of acyl‐adenylate intermediates with hydroxylamine. Methods in Enzymology, Vol.458 . pp. 431-457. ISSN 0076-6879

Kadi, N. and Challis, Gregory L. (2009) Siderophore biosynthesis: a substrate specificity assay for nonribosomal peptide synthetase-independent siderophore synthetases involving trapping of acyl-adenylate intermediates with hydroxylamine. Methods in Enzymology, Vol.458 . pp. 431-457. ISSN 0076-6879

Oves-Costales, Daniel, Kadi, Nadia and Challis, Gregory L. (2009) The long-overlooked enzymology of a nonribosomal peptide synthetase-independent pathway for virulence-conferring siderophore biosynthesis. Chemical Communications (No.43). pp. 6530-6541. ISSN 1359-7345

Chen, Kan, Rannulu, Nalaka S., Cai, Yang, Lane, P. (Pat), Liebl, Andrea L., Rees, Bernard B., Corre, Christophe, Challis, Gregory L. and Cole, Richard B., 1956-. (2008) Unusual odd-electron fragments from even-electron protonated prodiginine precursors using positive-ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Vol.19 (No.12). pp. 1856-1866. ISSN 1044-0305

Heather, Zoe, Holden, Matthew T. G., Steward, Karen F., Parkhill, Julian, Song, Lijiang, Challis, Gregory L., Robinson, Carl, Davis-Poynter, Nicholas and Waller, Andrew S.. (2008) A novel streptococcal integrative conjugative element involved in iron acquisition. Molecular Microbiology, Vol.70 (No.5). pp. 1274-1292. ISSN 0950-382X

Corre, Christophe, Song, Lijiang, O'Rourke, S. (Sean), Chater, K. F. and Challis, Gregory L.. (2008) 2-Alkyl-4-hydroxymethylfuran-3-carboxylic acids, antibiotic production inducers discovered by Streptomyces coelicolor genome mining. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol.105 (No.45). pp. 17510-17515. ISSN 0027-8424

Kadi, Nadia, Song, Lijiang and Challis, Gregory L.. (2008) Bisucaberin biosynthesis : an adenylating domain of the BibC multi-enzyme catalyzes cyclodimerization of N-hydroxy-N-succinylcadaverine. Chemical Communications (No.41). pp. 5119-5121. ISSN 1359-7345

McMahon, Stephen A., Oke, Muse, Liu, Huanting, Johnson, K. A. (Kenneth A.), Carter, Lester, Kadi, Nadia, White, Malcolm F., Challis, Gregory L. and Naismith, James H.. (2008) Purification, crystallization and data collection of Pectobacterium chrysanthemi AcsD, a type A siderophore synthetase. Acta Crystallographica. Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, Vol.64 (Pt.11). pp. 1052-1055. ISSN 1744-3091

Oves-Costales, Daniel, Kadi, Nadia, Fogg, Mark J., Song, Lijiang, Wilson, Keith S. and Challis, Gregory L.. (2008) Petrobactin biosynthesis: AsbB catalyzes condensation of spermidine with N-8-citryl-spermidine and its N-1-(3,4-dihydroxybenzoyl) derivative. Chemical Communications (No.34). pp. 4034-4036. ISSN 1359-7345

Montgomery, Laura J. and Challis, Gregory L.. (2008) Concise synthesis of key 3-polyenoyl-5-methylenefuran-2,4-dione putative intermediates in quartromicin biosynthesis. Synlett (No.14). pp. 2164-2168. ISSN 0936-5214

Kadi, Nadia, Arbache, Simon, Song, Lijiang, Oves-Costales, Daniel and Challis, Gregory L.. (2008) Identification of a gene cluster that directs putrebactin biosynthesis in Shewanella species : PubC catalyzes cyclodimerization of N-hydroxy-N-succinyiputrescine. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.130 (No.32). pp. 10458-10459. ISSN 0002-7863

Challis, Gregory L.. (2008) Genome mining for novel natural product discovery. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol.51 (No.9). pp. 2618-2628. ISSN 0022-2623

Haynes, Stuart W., Sydor, Paulina K., Stanley, Anna E., Song, Lijiang and Challis, Gregory L.. (2008) Role and substrate specificity of the Streptomyces coelicolor RedH enzyme in undecylprodiginine biosynthesis. Chemical Communications (No.16). pp. 1865-1867. ISSN 1359-7345

Mo, SangJoon, Sydor, Paulina K., Corre, Christophe, Alhamadsheh, Mamoun M., Stanley, Anna E., Haynes, Stuart W., Song, Lijiang, Reynolds, Kevin A. and Challis, Gregory L.. (2008) Elucidation of the Streptomyces coelicolor pathway to 2-undecylpyrrole, a key intermediate in undecylprodiginine and streptorubin B biosynthesis. Chemistry & Biology, Vol.15 (No.2). pp. 137-148. ISSN 1074-5521

Challis, Gregory L.. (2008) Mining microbial genomes for new natural products and biosynthetic pathways. Microbiology, Vol.154 (No.6). pp. 1555-1569. ISSN 1350-0872

Challis, Gregory L. and Hopwood, David A. (2007) Chemical biotechnology: biloactive small molecules - targets and discovery technologies. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Vol.18 (No.6). pp. 475-477. ISSN 0958-1669

Kadi, Nadia, Oves-Costales, Daniel, Barona-Gomez, Francisco and Challis, Gregory L.. (2007) A new family of ATP-dependent oligomerization-macrocyclization biocatalysts. Nature, Vol.3 (No.10). pp. 652-656. ISSN 0028-0836

Oves-Costales, Daniel, Kadi, Nadia, Fogg, Mark J., Song, Lijiang, Wilson, Keith S. and Challis, Gregory L.. (2007) Enzymatic logic of anthrax stealth siderophore biosynthesis: AsbA catalyzes ATP-Dependent condensation of citric acid and spermidine. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.129 (No.27). pp. 8416-8417. ISSN 0002-7863

Lautru, Sylvie, Oves-Costales, Daniel, Pernodet, Jean-Luc and Challis, Gregory L.. (2007) MbtH-like protein-mediated cross-talk between non-ribosomal peptide antibiotic and siderophore biosynthetic pathways in Streptomyces coelicolor M145. Microbiology, Vol.153 (No.5). pp. 1405-1412. ISSN 1350-0872

Haynes, Stuart W. and Challis, Gregory L. (2007) Non-linear enzymatic logic in natural product modular mega-synthases and -synthetases. Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development, Vol.10 (No.2). pp. 203-218. ISSN 1367-6733

Correl, Christophe and Challis, Gregory L. (2007) Heavy tools for genome mining. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY, 14 (1). pp. 7-9. ISSN 1074-5521

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Song, Lijiang, Barona-Gomez, Francisco, Corre, Christophe, Xiang, Longkuan, Udwary, Daniel W., Austin, Michael B., Noel, Joseph P., Moore, Bradley S. and Challis, Gregory L.. (2006) Type III polyketide synthase beta-ketoacyl-ACP starter unit and ethylmalonyl-CoA extender unit selectivity discovered by Streptomyces coelicolor genome mining. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 128 (46). pp. 14754-14755. ISSN 0002-7863

Barona-Gomez, Francisco, Lautru, Sylvie, Francou, Francois-Xavier, Leblond, Pierre, Pernodet, Jean-Luc and Challis, Gregory L.. (2006) Multiple biosynthetic and uptake systems mediate siderophore-dependent iron acquisition in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and Streptomyces ambofaciens ATCC 23877. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM, 152 (Part 11). pp. 3355-3366. ISSN 1350-0872

Challis, Gregory L. (2006) Engineering Escherichia coli to produce nonribosomal peptide antibiotics. Nature, 2 (8). pp. 398-400. ISSN 1552-4450

Stanley, Anna E., Walton, Laura J., Zerikly, Malek Kourdi, Corre, Christophe and Challis, Gregory L.. (2006) Elucidation of the Streptomyces coelicolor pathway to 4-methoxy-2,2 '-bipyrrole-5-carboxaldehyde, an intermediate in prodiginine biosynthesis. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (38). pp. 3981-3983. ISSN 1359-7345