S-Ribosylhomocysteine analogs containing a [4-thio]ribose ring

Adam J Sobczak1, Christiane Chbib1, Stanislaw F Wnuk1

  • 1Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.

Carbohydrate Research
|August 18, 2015
PubMed

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