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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 model for the behaviour of phosphorylase b. The generation of different binding sites via intermediate enzymatic

C Gutierrez Merino, J Laynez, F Garcia Blanco

    Biophysical Chemistry
    |March 1, 1979
    PubMed

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