title: Better chemistry through regulation.
abstract: Finding ways to increase the biosynthesis of medically important microbial secondary metabolites is a challenge of microbial chemical biology. Lechner et al. (in this issue of Chemistry & Biology) show that transcriptional regulation can be manipulated to selectively increase the production of a desired metabolite.
authors.affiliation: Michael DeGroote Institute for Infectious Diseases Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada. nodwellj@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Justin R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Nodwell
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cuthbertson