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Direct Detection of the Acetate-forming Activity of the Enzyme Acetate Kinase
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Direct Detection of the Acetate-forming Activity of the Enzyme Acetate Kinase

Published on: December 19, 2011

Molecular biology of acetyl-CoA metabolism

B J Nikolau1, D J Oliver, P S Schnable

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. dimmas@iastate.edu

Biochemical Society Transactions
|February 15, 2001
PubMed

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