Prof. Dr. Heinz G. Floss

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsBiochemistry

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CitySeattle
InstitutionUniversity of Washington
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Adelbert BacherLehrstuhl für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Garching
Prof. Dr. Helmut SimonLehrstuhl für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Garching
Prof. Dr. Axel ZeeckInstitut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/1980

Program(s)

1979Humboldt Research Award Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2003Heinz G. Floss and others: Occurrence and Non-detectability of Maytansinoids in Individual Plants of the Genera 'Maytenus' and 'Putterlickia'. In: Phytochemistry, 2003, 377-387
2002Heinz G. Floss and others: The biosynthetic gene cluster of the maytansinoid antitumor agent ansamitocin from 'Actinosynnema pretiosum'. In: Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2002, 7968-7973