Purification and characterization of the alanine aminotransferase from the hyperthermophilic Archaeon pyrococcus furiosus and its role in alanine production.

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Published in J Bacteriol on May 01, 2000

Authors

D E Ward1, S W Kengen, J van Der Oost, W M de Vos

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1: Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, NL-6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands. don.ward@algemeen.micr.wau.nl

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