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Monitoring the Reductive and Oxidative Half-Reactions of a Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenase using Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometry
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[Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzymes of sulfur amino acid metabolism]

A G Gabibov, A M Shuster, A R Khomutov

    Biokhimiia (Moscow, Russia)
    |May 1, 1989
    PubMed

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