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Automatic prediction of polysaccharide utilization loci in Bacteroidetes species

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Crystal Structure of a Bacterial Unsaturated Glucuronyl Hydrolase with Specificity for Heparin

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Overview of theCCP4 suite and current developments

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Characterization of an N-Acetylmuramic Acid/N-Acetylglucosamine Kinase of Clostridium acetobutylicum

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A hierarchical classification of polysaccharide lyases for glycogenomics

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Crystal Structure of Exotype Alginate Lyase Atu3025 fromAgrobacterium tumefaciens

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Identifying Genetic Determinants Needed to Establish a Human Gut Symbiont in Its Habitat

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Structural Snapshots of Heparin Depolymerization by Heparin Lyase I

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Complex Glycan Catabolism by the Human Gut Microbiota: The Bacteroidetes Sus-like Paradigm

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The Structure of Glycosaminoglycans and their Interactions with Proteins

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