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Biological and structural properties of cyclic peptides derived from the alpha-amylase inhibitor tendamistat

S Ono1, T Hirano, H Yasutake

  • 1Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Toyama University, Japan. shinono@eng.toyama-u.ac.jp

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|October 3, 1998
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