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A New High-alkaline and High-molecular-weight Pectate Lyase from a Bacillus Isolate: Enzymatic Properties and Cloning of the Gene for the Enzyme

Akinori OGAWATochigi Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation
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Kazuhisa SAWADATochigi Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation
,
Kazuhiro SAITOTochigi Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation
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Yoshihiro HAKAMADATochigi Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation
,
Nobuyuki SUMITOMOTochigi Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation
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Yuji HATADATochigi Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation
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Tohru KOBAYASHITochigi Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation
&
Susumu ITOTochigi Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation
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Pages 1133-1141 | Received 14 Oct 1999, Accepted 26 Jan 2000, Published online: 22 May 2014

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