How do peptide synthetases generate structural diversity?

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Konz, Dirk ^a   Marahiel, Mohamed A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0033080078     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80002-7     Document Type: Article

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