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Partial purification and properties of Halobacterium cutirubrum L-alanine dehydrogenase

E K Kim, P S Fitt

    The Biochemical Journal
    |February 1, 1977
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    halophilic enzymesprotein purificationmonovalent cationsenzymatic activitybiochemical characterization

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