Asymmetric total syntheses of (+)- and (-)-versicolamide B and biosynthetic implications

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Miller, Kenneth A ^a   Tsukamoto, Sachiko ^b   Williams, Robert M ^a,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXYGENASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; INDOLE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INDOLE ALKALOID; INDOLE-2,3-DIOXYGENASE; VERSICOLAMIDE B;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYCLIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; STEREOISOMERISM;

ASPERGILLUS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYCLIZATION; DIOXYGENASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 67849109703     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.110     Document Type: Article

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