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Unexpected Elevated Production of Aquifex aeolicus Cytochrome c555 in Escherichia coli Cells Lacking Disulfide Oxidoreductases

Nobusuke KOJIMAGraduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, CREST of Japan Science and Technology Corporation
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Masaru YAMANAKAGraduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, CREST of Japan Science and Technology Corporation
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Shin-ichi ICHIKIGraduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, CREST of Japan Science and Technology Corporation
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Yoshihiro SAMBONGIGraduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, CREST of Japan Science and Technology Corporation
Pages 1418-1421 | Received 16 May 2005, Accepted 16 Jun 2005, Published online: 22 May 2014

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