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A Metagenomic Approach to the Identification of UDP-Glucose 4-Epimerase as a Menadione Resistance Protein

Toshio MORIInstitute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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Hikaru SUENAGAInstitute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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Kentaro MIYAZAKIInstitute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST);Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Pages 1611-1614 | Received 17 Dec 2007, Accepted 29 Feb 2008, Published online: 22 May 2014

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