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. 1992 Dec 15;288(Pt 3):1069–1070. doi: 10.1042/bj2881069

New conserved amino acid region of alpha-amylases in the third loop of their (beta/alpha)8-barrel domains.

S Janecek
PMCID: PMC1131995  PMID: 1471979

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