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Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence of the Pullulanase Gene of Thermus thermophilus HB8 and Production of the Enzyme in Escherichia coli

Kanae TOMIYASUDepartment of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Kumiko YATODepartment of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Megumi YASUDADepartment of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Takashi TONOZUKADepartment of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka;Present address: Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Akiko IBUKADepartment of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Hiroshi SAKAIDepartment of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka
Pages 2090-2094 | Received 23 Jan 2001, Accepted 18 Apr 2001, Published online: 22 May 2014

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