Antiplasmodial and trypanocidal activity of violacein and deoxyviolacein produced from synthetic operons.

Elizabeth BilslandTatyana A TavellaRenata KroghJamie E StokesAnnabelle RobertsJames AjiokaDavid R SpringAdriano D AndricopuloFabio T M CostaStephen G Oliver

Published in: BMC biotechnology (2018)

We constructed E. coli strains capable of producing biologically active violacein and related compounds, and propose that deoxyviolacein might be a useful starting compound for the development of antiparasite drugs.

Keyphrases

escherichia coli
wastewater treatment
drug induced