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Identification and Characterization of a Methionine γ-Lyase in the Calicheamicin Biosynthetic Cluster ofMicromonospora echinospora
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Ligand-dependent active-site closure revealed in the crystal structure ofMycobacterium tuberculosisMenB complexed with product analogues
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Highly Enantioselective Henry Reactions in Water Catalyzed by a Copper Tertiary Amine Complex and Applied in the Synthesis of (S)-N-trans-Feruloyl Octopamine
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