Correction: Structural determinants of macrocyclization in substrate-controlled lanthipeptide biosynthetic pathways.
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SUBMITTER: Bobeica SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8163232 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
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Correction: Structural determinants of macrocyclization in substrate-controlled lanthipeptide biosynthetic pathways.
Bobeica Silvia C SC Zhu Lingyang L Acedo Jeella Z JZ Tang Weixin W van der Donk Wilfred A WA
Chemical science 20200930 47
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01651A.]. ...[more]
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