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Enzymatic Properties of Rhea Lysozyme

Jureerut POOARTDepartment of Bioscience, School of Agriculture, Kyushu Tokai University
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Takao TORIKATADepartment of Bioscience, School of Agriculture, Kyushu Tokai University
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Tomohiro ARAKIDepartment of Bioscience, School of Agriculture, Kyushu Tokai University
Pages 103-112 | Received 20 Aug 2004, Accepted 06 Oct 2004, Published online: 22 May 2014

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