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Isolation of a Chitin Synthase Gene (chsC) of Aspergillus nidulans

Takayuki MotoyamaDepartment of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113, Japan
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Nobuko KojimaDepartment of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113, Japan
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Hiroyuki HoriuchiDepartment of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113, Japan
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Akinori OhtaDepartment of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113, Japan
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Masamichi TakagiDepartment of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113, Japan
Pages 2254-2257 | Received 14 Apr 1994, Published online: 12 Jun 2014

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