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Overproduction of Microbial Transglutaminase in Escherichia coli, In Vitro Refolding, and Characterization of the Refolded Form

Kei-ichi YOKOYAMACentral Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
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Nami NAKAMURAFood Research & Development Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
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Katsuya SEGUROFood Research & Development Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
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Kouji KUBOTAFood Research & Development Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
Pages 1263-1270 | Received 24 Jan 2000, Accepted 22 Feb 2000, Published online: 22 May 2014

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