UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (GALE)

Handbook of Glycosyltransferases and Related Genes, Second Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 1449-1464

  McCorvie, Thomas J ^a   Timson, David J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54240-7_21     Document Type: Chapter

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