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Original Articles

Positions of Disulfide Bonds in Rye (Secale cereale) Seed Chitinase-a

Takeshi YAMAGAMILaboratory of Protein Chemistry and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
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Gunki FUNATSULaboratory of Protein Chemistry and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
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Masatsune ISHIGUROLaboratory of Protein Chemistry and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Pages 1313-1316 | Received 13 Dec 1999, Accepted 21 Jan 2000, Published online: 22 May 2014

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