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Synthesis of Masarimycin, a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Gram-Positive Bacterial Growth
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Uncovering a latent ligation site for glycopeptide synthesis
Ryo Okamoto1, Yasuhiro Kajihara
1International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University, 22-2, Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0027, Japan.
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|June 13, 2008
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