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Yeast Cell Death Caused by Mutation of the OST2 Gene Encoding the ε-Subunit of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Oligosaccharyltransferase

Masaharu SUGIURADepartment of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University
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Hiroshi TAKAGIDepartment of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University
Pages 1234-1241 | Received 12 Dec 2005, Accepted 04 Jan 2006, Published online: 22 May 2014

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