secondary metabolite biosynthetic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of secondary metabolites, the compounds that are not necessarily required for growth and maintenance of cells, and are often unique to a taxon. [ GOC:jl ]
Synonyms: secondary metabolite biosynthesis
Term info
Subsets
prokaryote_subset
created by
jl
creation date
2012-03-29T01:55:18Z
has obo namespace
biological_process
id
GO:0044550