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We thank the NMR Core facility at the Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida in obtaining the 1H and 13C NMR data. This work is supported in part by the Chinese Ministry of Education 111 Project B08034 (to YD) and Natural Products Library Initiative at The Scripps Research Institute.
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Ma, M., Rateb, M., Yang, D. et al. Germicidins H–J from Streptomyces sp. CB00361. J Antibiot 70, 200–203 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ja.2016.100
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