mutasynthesis
mutasynthesis
the synthesis of new products by MUTANT ORGANISMS that have blocks in a specific biosynthetic PATHWAY so that they cannot make the end product. When provided with an unnatural SUBSTRATE (3), the pathway may be completed with the formation of a novel end product. Such an approach has been used to produce new ANTIBIOTICS.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005