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β-Ketolases-forgotten hydrolytic enzymes?

✍ Scribed by Diana Pokorny; Walter Steiner; Douglas W. Ribbons


Book ID
114152874
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
635 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
0167-7799

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