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Construction of Mutants of Sphingomonas paucimobilis Defective in Terminal Mannose in the Glycosphingolipid

Aki KANEKODepartment of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University;Department of Bacteriology, The Kitasato Institute
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Hidenori MIYADAIDepartment of Bacteriology, The Kitasato Institute;Kitasato University Graduate School of Fundamental Life Science
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Hirofumi DANBARADepartment of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University
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Kazuyoshi KAWAHARADepartment of Bacteriology, The Kitasato Institute;Kitasato University Graduate School of Fundamental Life Science
Pages 1298-1301 | Received 29 Nov 1999, Accepted 21 Feb 2000, Published online: 22 May 2014

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