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Joshua M Mitchell1, Cynthia M June1, Vincent L Baggett1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, USA.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
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OXA-24/40X-ray structurecarbapenemclass Dlactamase

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