Nonnatural amino acid synthesis by using carbon-hydrogen bond functionalization methodology.
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SUBMITTER: Tran LD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3375132 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
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Nonnatural amino acid synthesis by using carbon-hydrogen bond functionalization methodology.
Tran Ly Dieu LD Daugulis Olafs O
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20120412 21
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