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Satoko Kawarasaki1, Hidetoshi Kuwata1, Honami Sawazaki1

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular Function of Food, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan.

FEBS Letters
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