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. 1997 Jan;41(1):1–6. doi: 10.1128/aac.41.1.1

O-Acetyltransferases for chloramphenicol and other natural products.

I A Murray 1, W V Shaw 1
PMCID: PMC163650  PMID: 8980745

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