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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

A method for simultaneous determination of the two possible products of acetohydroxy acid synthase

N Gollop, Z Barak, D M Chipman

    Analytical Biochemistry
    |February 1, 1987
    PubMed

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