title: Making E. coli an erythromycin production plant.
abstract: The production of bioactive compounds in heterologous hosts has become a valuable tool for the investigation of biosynthetic pathways and their rational engineering. In this issue of Chemistry & Biology, Zhang et al. (2010) report the manipulation of E. coli for the production of erythromycin A.
authors.affiliation: Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Interfakultäres Institut für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsmedizin, Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. tilmann.weber@biotech.uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Tilmann
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weber