Aspartases: Molecular structure, biochemical function and biotechnological applications

Industrial Enzymes: Structure, Function and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 549-565

  Mizobata, Tomohiro ^a   Kawata, Yasushi ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 55449123257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5377-0_31     Document Type: Chapter

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