Nonmicrobicidal Small Molecule Inhibition of Polysaccharide Metabolism in Human Gut Microbes: A Potential Therapeutic

Anthony D Santilli1, Elizabeth M Dawson1, Kristi J Whitehead2

  • 1Department of Chemistry , Clemson University , Clemson , South Carolina 29634 , United States.

ACS Chemical Biology
|April 17, 2018
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