Mutagenesis of non-conserved active site residues improves the activity and narrows the specificity of human thymidine kinase 2.

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Published in Biochem Biophys Res Commun on January 23, 2007

Authors

Monica L Gerth1, Stefan Lutz

Author Affiliations

1: Chemistry Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

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