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  • 1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University , Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.

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|September 14, 2016
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MraYantibioticscaprazamycinsdrug resistancepeptidoglycan

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