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. 1954 Dec;58(4):523–531. doi: 10.1042/bj0580523

Diaminopimelic acid decarboyxlase in cells and extracts of Escherichia coli and Aerobacter aerogenes

D L Dewey 1, D S Hoare 1, Elizabeth Work 1
PMCID: PMC1269937  PMID: 13229999

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