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. 1964 Jun;91(3):600–610. doi: 10.1042/bj0910600

Variation of activity of bacterial diaminopimelate decarboxylase under different conditions of growth

P J White 1, Bridget Kelly 1, Audrey Suffling 1, Elizabeth Work 1
PMCID: PMC1202998  PMID: 4953932

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