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The Structure of Thiostrepton

A Corrigendum to this article was published on 07 March 1970

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Much of the chemical structure of thiostrepton, a sulphur containing metabolic product of the microorganism Streptomyces azureus, has been determined by X-ray crystallographic techniques.

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ANDERSON, B., HODGKIN, D. & VISWAMITRA, M. The Structure of Thiostrepton. Nature 225, 233–235 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225233a0

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