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. 1956 Oct;64(2):340–351. doi: 10.1042/bj0640340

The mechanism of polysaccharide production from sucrose. 3. Donor–acceptor specificity of levansucrase from Aerobacter levanicum*

S Hestrin 1, D S Feingold 1, G Avigad 1
PMCID: PMC1199737  PMID: 13363847

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