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Direct Detection of the Acetate-forming Activity of the Enzyme Acetate Kinase
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Published on: December 19, 2011

Does microsomal glycerophosphate acyltransferase also catalyze the acylation of dihydroxyacetone phosphate?

N S Datta, A K Hajra

    FEBS Letters
    |October 15, 1984
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