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From a Natural Product to Its Biosynthetic Gene Cluster: A Demonstration Using Polyketomycin from Streptomyces diastatochromogenes Tü6028
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From a Natural Product to Its Biosynthetic Gene Cluster: A Demonstration Using Polyketomycin from Streptomyces diastatochromogenes Tü6028

Published on: January 13, 2017

[Oleandomycin and its natural and synthetic analogs. I. Dissociative ionization of oleandomycin and its derivatives]

Iu G Beliakova, I V Viktorovskiĭ, K A V'iunov

    Antibiotiki I Khimioterapiia = Antibiotics and Chemoterapy [Sic]
    |March 1, 1989
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