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Purification and Characterization of Malate Synthase from the Glucose-grown Wood-rotting Basidiomycete Fomitopsis palustris

Erman MUNIR Wood Research Institute, Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Takefumi HATTORI Wood Research Institute, Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Mikio SHIMADA Wood Research Institute, Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
Pages 576-581 | Received 25 Sep 2001, Accepted 13 Nov 2001, Published online: 22 May 2014

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