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Substrate Specificities of Several Prenyl Chain Elongating Enzymes with Respect to 4-Methyl-4-pentenyl Diphosphate

Masahiko NAGAKIDepartment of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University
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Yohei MIKIDepartment of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University
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Minori NAKADADepartment of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University
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Jun KAWAKAMIDepartment of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University
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Haruo KITAHARADepartment of Natural Science, Faculty of Education, Hirosaki University
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Yuji MAKIDepartment of Biological and Material Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yamagata University
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Yoshinori GOTOHDepartment of Biological and Material Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yamagata University
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Tokuzo NISHINODepartment of Biochemistry and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
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Tanetoshi KOYAMAInstitute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
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Pages 2070-2075 | Received 06 May 2004, Accepted 05 Jul 2004, Published online: 22 May 2014

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