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. 1964 Mar;51(3):382–389. doi: 10.1073/pnas.51.3.382

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF TRYPTOPHANASE, A MULTIFUNCTIONAL PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE ENZYME

Wm Austin Newton 1, Esmond E Snell 1
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