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Research Article

Cloning and Sequencing of the Thermus aquaticus Glycerol Facilitator Gene

Hua-Shan Huang School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852, Japan
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Kiyoshi Ito School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852, Japan
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Tadashi Yoshimoto School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852, Japan
Pages 387-390 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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