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Two Biosynthetic Pathways in Jahnella thaxteri for Thaxteramides, Distinct Types of Lipopeptides

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Biosynthesis and Total Synthesis of Pyrronazol B: a Secondary Metabolite from Nannocystis pusilla

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The Cytotoxic Natural Product Vioprolide A Targets Nucleolar Protein 14, Which Is Essential for Ribosome Biogenesis

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BAX/BAK-Induced Apoptosis Results in Caspase-8-Dependent IL-1β Maturation in Macrophages

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Preparation and Aldol Couplings of 3(2H)‐Furanones: Stereoselective Synthesis of the C8‐C22 Fragment of Tuscoron A

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Leben und Überleben im Boden

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In vivo and in vitro reconstitution of unique key steps in cystobactamid antibiotic biosynthesis

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Development of an agar-plug cultivation system for bioactivity assays of actinomycete strain collections

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Expanding the Ajudazol Cytotoxin Scaffold: Insights from Genome Mining, Biosynthetic Investigations, and Novel Derivatives

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Biosynthese und heterologe Expression der Vioprolide: rationale gentechnische Eingriffe in die Biosynthese und 4‐Methylazetidincarbonsäure‐Bildung

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Enhypyrazinones A and B, Pyrazinone Natural Products from a Marine-Derived Myxobacterium Enhygromyxa sp.

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Concepts and Methods to Access Novel Antibiotics from Actinomycetes

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Recent Update on Alkylation of Indole and Its Derivatives Using N‐Tosylhydrazone

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Die Sandarazole sind kryptische und strukturell einzigartige, Plasmid‐codierte Toxine aus einem seltenen Myxobakterium**

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