The following is an account of attempted syntheses toward novel mimics of UDP-N- acetyl-L-fucosamine (UDP-L-FucNAc) to serve as inhibitors of or substrates for bacterial glycosyltransferases responsible for the biosynthesis of the capsular polysaccharide of Staphylococcus aureus.
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xii, 288 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Thesis (M.S.)--Youngstown State University, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-83).