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- noun organic chemistry Any
reaction that introduces acyclopropane ring into a compound
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M. tuberculosis synthesised shorter mycolic acids with almost a complete loss of trans-cyclopropanation of oxygenated mycolic acids that resulted in increased susceptibility to lipophilic antibiotics
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009
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