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Substrate Specificity of Chitinases from Two Species of Fish, Greenling, Hexagrammos otakii, and Common Mackerel, Scomber japonicus, and the Insect, Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta

Masahiro MATSUMIYADepartment of Marine Science and Resources, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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Yasuyuki ARAKANEDepartment of Biochemistry, Kansas State University;Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, ARS-USDA
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Atsunobu HAGANational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Insect Biomaterial and Technology Department
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Subaratnam MUTHUKRISHNANDepartment of Biochemistry, Kansas State University
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Karl J. KRAMERDepartment of Biochemistry, Kansas State University;Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, ARS-USDA
Pages 971-979 | Received 13 Oct 2005, Accepted 05 Nov 2005, Published online: 22 May 2014

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