Structural basis for contrasting activities of ribosome binding thiazole antibiotics

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 769-778

  Lentzen, Georg ^a,c   Klinck, Roscoe ^a,b   Matassova, Natalia ^a   Aboul Ela, Fareed ^a   Murchie, Alastair I H ^a  

^a RiboTargets Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c BITOP AG   (Germany)

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EID: 0042415065     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(03)00173-X     Document Type: Article

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