Engineering of an active animal fatty acid synthase dimer with only one competent subunit

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-173

  Joshi, Anil K ^a   Rangan, Vangipuram S ^a,b   Witkowski, Andrzej ^a   Smith, Stuart ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Medarex Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0037330531     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(03)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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