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24)  Cisar, J. S.; Tan, D. S.* "Small molecule inhibition of microbial natural product biosynthesis – An emerging antibiotic strategy." Chem. Soc. Rev. 2008, 37, 1320–1329.

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23)  Ferreras, J. A.; Stirrett, K. L.; Lu, X.; Ryu, J.-S.; Soll, C. E.; Tan, D. S.; Quadri, L. E. N.* "Mycobacterial phenolic glycolipid virulence factor biosynthesis: Mechanism and small-molecule inhibition of polyketide chain initiation." Chem. Biol. 2008, 15, 51–61.

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•  Highlighted in Chemistry & Biology

21)  Shang, S.; Iwadare, H.; Macks, D. E.; Ambrosini, L. M.; Tan, D. S.* "A unified synthetic approach to polyketides having both skeletal and stereochemical diversity." Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 1895–1898.

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18)  Tan, D. S.* "Diversity-oriented synthesis: Exploring the intersections between chemistry and biology." Nature Chem. Biol. 2005, 1, 74–84.

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•  Highlighted in Nature Chemical Biology

17)  Ferreras, J. A.; Ryu, J.-S.; Di Lello, F.; Tan, D. S.*, Quadri, L. E. N.* "Small-molecule inhibition of siderophore biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Yersinia pestis." Nature Chem. Biol. 2005, 1, 29–32.

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•  Highlighted in Nature, Nature Chemical Biology, Chemical & Engineering News, and Mercosur Económico

16)  Shang, S.; Tan, D. S.* "Advancing chemistry and biology through diversity-oriented synthesis of natural product-like libraries." Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2005, 9, 248–258.

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15)  DiBlasi, C. M.; Macks, D. E.; Tan, D. S.* "An acid-stable tert-butyldiarylsilyl (TBDAS) linker for solid-phase organic synthesis." Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 1777–1780.

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•  Highlighted in Letters in Organic Chemistry [PDF]

14)  Moilanen, S. B.; Tan, D. S.* "Enantioselective synthesis of erythro-4-deoxyglycals as scaffolds for target- and diversity-oriented synthesis: New insights into glycal reactivity." Org. Biomol. Chem. 2005, 3, 798–803.

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12)  Potuzak, J. S.; Tan, D. S.* "Synthesis of C1-alkyl and C1-acylglycals from glycals using a B-alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling approach." Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 1797–1801.

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11)  Potuzak, J. S.; Moilanen, S. B.; Tan, D. S.* "Discovery and applications of small molecule probes for studying biological processes." Biotechnol. Genet. Eng. Rev. 2004, 21, 11–78.

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8)  Tan, D. S.; Dudley, G. B; Danishefsky, S. J.* "Synthesis of the functionalized tricyclic skeleton of guanacastepene A: A tandem epoxide-opening β-elimination/Knoevenagel cyclization." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 2185–2188.

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7)  Lin, S.; Dudley, G. B.; Tan, D. S.; Danishefsky, S. J.* "A stereoselective route to guanacastepene A through a surprising epoxidation." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 2188–2191.

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6)  Dudley, G. B.; Tan, D. S.; Kim, G.; Tanski, J. M.; Danishefsky, S. J.* "Remarkable stereoselectivity in the alkylation of a hydroazulenone: Progress toward the total synthesis of guanacastepene." Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 6789–6791.

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4)  Tan, D. S.*; Burbaum, J. J.* "Ligand discovery using encoded combinatorial libraries." Curr. Opin. Drug Discovery Dev. 2000, 3, 439–453.

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3)  Tan, D. S.; Foley, M. A.; Stockwell, B. R.; Shair, M. D.; Schreiber, S. L.* "Synthesis and preliminary evaluation of a library of polycyclic small molecules for use in chemical genetic assays." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9073–9087.

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2)  Tan, D. S.; Foley, M. A.; Shair, M. D.; Schreiber, S. L.* "Stereoselective synthesis of over two million compounds having structural features both reminiscent of natural products and compatible with miniaturized cell-based assays." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 8565–8566.

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