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  • noun organic chemistry An alkaloid (a cyclic oxamide of mannojirimycin) produced by the actinomycete Kitasatosporia kifunense

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  • Kuntz DA, Rose DR, Pinto BM (2005) A combined STD-NMR/molecular modeling protocol for predicting the binding modes of the glycosidase inhibitors kifunensine and salacinol to Golgi alpha-mannosidase II.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael D. L. Suits et al. 2010

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