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Sugar-modified nucleosides from simple ingredients

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Enzymatic cascades enable the synthesis of sugar-modified nucleosides from bulk chemicals.

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Fig. 1: Nucleoside degradation and synthesis by enzymatic cascades.

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  1. Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

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  2. Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Felix Kaspar

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