Production of superoxide dismutase by marine cyanobacteria

Journal of Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 258-261

  Wachi, Youji ^a   Burgess, J Grant ^b,c   Takahashi, Junko ^b   Nakamura, Noriyuki ^b   Matsunaga, Tadashi ^b  

^a SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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