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Glutathione Transport Systems of the Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Tsuyoshi MIYAKEIndustrial Technology Center of Okayama Prefecture
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Toshiya HAZUDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Sayaka YOSHIDADepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Munetoshi KANAYAMATsushima Radioisotope Facility, Okayama University
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Ken-ichi TOMOCHIKALaboratory of Environmental Hygiene Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
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Sumio SHINODALaboratory of Environmental Hygiene Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
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Bun-ichiro ONODepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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Pages 1858-1864 | Received 10 Mar 1998, Published online: 22 May 2014

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