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            <author>Miletic S</author>
            <author>Li Z</author>
            <author>Melnyk RA</author>
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                    <author order="2">Icho S</author>
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                    <author order="4">Tam J</author>
                    <author order="5">Rose EC</author>
                    <author ORCID="0000-0002-8252-7679" order="6">Perkins CE</author>
                    <author order="7">Nakhi A</author>
                    <author order="8">Yang X</author>
                    <author ORCID="0000-0003-4053-5547" order="9">Hang HC</author>
                    <author ORCID="0000-0003-0566-2209" order="10">Rubinstein JL</author>
                    <author ORCID="0000-0002-0081-3867" order="11">Dosa PI</author>
                    <author ORCID="0000-0002-1895-8941" order="12">Theriot CM</author>
                    <author ORCID="0000-0002-7187-2362" order="13">Melnyk RA</author>
                    <title>Structure-guided design of a synthetic bile acid that inhibits Clostridioides difficile TcdB toxin.</title>
                    <journal_abbreviation>Nat Microbiol</journal_abbreviation>
                    <country>UK</country>
                    <volume>10</volume>
                    <first_page>3215</first_page>
                    <last_page>3228</last_page>
                    <year>2025</year>
                    <external_references type="PUBMED">41254394</external_references>
                    <external_references type="DOI">doi:10.1038/s41564-025-02179-1</external_references>
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