Distribution of threonine aldolase activity with different stereospecificities in aerobic bacteria

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1586-1588

  Wada, Masaru ^a,c   Sakamoto, Mitsuru ^a   Kataoka, Michihiko ^a   Liu, Ji Quan ^a,b   Yamada, Hideaki ^a,b   Shimizu, Sakayu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

D allo threonin; L allo threonine; Threonine aldolase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342588469     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1586     Document Type: Article

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