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Characterisation of α-chitin extracted from a lichenised fungus species Xanthoria parietina

Murat KayaDepartment of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, 68100Aksaray, Turkey;Science and Technology Application and Research Center, Aksaray University, 68100Aksaray, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mehmet Gökhan HalıcıDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Erciyes University, 38039Kayseri, Turkey
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Fatih DumanDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Erciyes University, 38039Kayseri, Turkey
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Sevil ErdoğanFisheries Programme, Ke¸an Vocational College, Trakya University, 22800Ke¸an, Edirne, Turkey
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Talat BaranDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, 68100Aksaray, Turkey
Pages 1280-1284 | Received 02 Jul 2014, Accepted 30 Nov 2014, Published online: 02 Jan 2015

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