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Role of L-Histidine in Conferring Tolerance to Ni2+ in Sacchromyces cerevisiae Cells

Ileana Cornelia FARCASANUDepartment of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bucharest University
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Masaki MIZUNUMADepartment of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University
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Fumitaka NISHIYAMADepartment of Power Engineering and Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University
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Tokichi MIYAKAWADepartment of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University
Pages 2343-2348 | Received 28 Jun 2005, Accepted 18 Sep 2005, Published online: 22 May 2014

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