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Isolation of Enterococcus hirae Mutant Deficient in Low-affinity Potassium Uptake at Alkaline pH

Miyuki KAWANOGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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Kazuei IGARASHIGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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Yoshimi KAKINUMADepartment of Applied Chemistry, Muroran Institute of Technology 27-1 Mizumoto-cho, Muroran 050-8585, Japan
Pages 1597-1600 | Received 23 Jan 2002, Accepted 20 Mar 2002, Published online: 22 May 2014

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